NNPA Coronavirus Task Force
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Apr- 2020 -9 April
Save Black Lives from COVID-19
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "We are the number one target for this disease. We have pre-existing conditions, and yet we're told to go home when we visit the emergency room. We…
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8 April
Signs COVID-19 is Disproportionately Impacting African Americans Grow Larger
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “States MUST start tracking and reporting race data in connection with #Covid_19. As of Friday morning, African Americans made up almost half of Milwaukee County’s 945 #Covid_19cases…
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8 April
A Subdued Trump Confronts COVID-19 Reality: Over 100,000 Deaths Possible in “Best” Scenario
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Using modeling that displays their 30-day recommendations to avoid gatherings and travel Dr. Birx displayed a chart that revealed the possibility of up to 2.2 million COVID-19…
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7 April
OP-ED: Supporting Families, Workers Impacted by the Coronavirus Pandemic
NNPA NEWSWIRE — After speaking with small business owners, including minority small business owners, who are facing incredible challenges and uncertainty, I pushed for and helped secure support to help them…
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5 April
UVA Enrolls First Patient in COVID-19 Medication Study
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Finding an effective treatment will be incredibly important in our battle against COVID-19,” said Dr. K. Craig Kent, UVA’s executive vice president for health affairs. “I am…
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5 April
COMMENTARY: COVID-19, the View Across Black America
NNPA NEWSWRE — While Washington, D.C.’s Metrorail has been largely emptied of its professional class of passengers, reductions in the city’s bus service have made it difficult for its darker…
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4 April
COMMENTARY: Who Gets the Ventilators?
NNPA NEWSWIRE — We must not forget the many ways that Black bodies were used for medical experiments, from the use of Black women's genitalia to develop gynecology through the…
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1 April
PRESS ROOM: Ventec Life Systems and GM Partner to Mass Produce Critical Care Ventilators in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
Ventec and GM are working around the clock to meet the urgent need for more ventilators. Efforts to set up tooling and manufacturing capacity at the GM Kokomo facility are…
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1 April
AARP Live Q&A Event: The Coronavirus
Experts at this week’s live Q&A event will address your questions related to managing your income, credit and retirement accounts, accessing Social Security services, the extension of the tax filing…
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