NNPA Newswire
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Apr- 2020 -6 April
LIVESTREAM: NNPA Interviews Director and Star of The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Tune in on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at 3PM ET to watch LIVE as NNPA Newswire's Culture and Entertainment Editor, Dr. Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D, interviews Christine…
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5 April
NNPA Senior Correspondent Stacy Brown and Wife Shenay Test Positive for COVID-19
NNPA NEWSWIRE — When asked what he wants the readers to know, Brown pauses momentarily. “Don’t be a hero. The only heroes are the healthcare professionals,” he offers. “The bottom…
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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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4 April
Russell Simmons Brings Back Def Comedy Jam to Raise Money for Coronavirus Ravaged Areas
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Simmons is leading a group of producers who, on Sunday, April 5, will premiere “Def Comedy Jam Presents: Healing Through Laughter,” a marathon fundraiser hosted by Cedric…
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4 April
COMMENTARY: What Do You Say to Someone Battling COVID-19?
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “You know how to ask the right questions,” the late John Murphy, then-assistant managing editor of the Times-Tribune newspaper in Scranton, Pennsylvania, once told me. “You seem…
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4 April
NNPA President Pens Op-Ed Urging for the Protection of Black Americans During Pandemic
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Minority and low-income Americans suffer from a significant lack of access to quality health care. They are also more likely not to have health insurance and are…
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4 April
COVID-19: Renowned Doctor Says, ‘Be Vigilant. Don’t Be a Vector’
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "In 2002, the hosts were cats. Then for MERS, the host was camels," noted Dr. James Hildreth the president of Meharry Medical College. "So, efforts were made…
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4 April
State of Emergency Declared for Black America as Public Health Experts Reveal Coronavirus is Airborne
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Medical experts have also sounded the alarm that the virus could well be transmitted through the air. “Currently available research supports the possibility that (COVID-19) could be…
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