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...
Early Data Shows African Americans Have Contracted and Died of Coronavirus at an Alarming...
“We declared racism as a public health issue. It frames not only how we do our work but how transparent we are about how things are going. It impacts how we manage an outbreak.” Jeanette Kowalik, Milwaukee health commissioner.
CoronaVirus Airborne– What That Really Means
Where before we could rely on the presence of symptoms in others to assess our level of risk (i.e., coughing or sneezing, sweating, fever), now it appears that reducing the chance of personal contact may not be enough.
CoronaVirus Tip from the CDC: When to Use a Mask
The CDC says that if you're healthy you should only wear a mask if you're caring for someone who's sick.
Acclaimed Houston Forward Times Columnist Tests Positive for Coronavirus, Admitted to ICU
“I didn’t have a fever, I didn’t have shortness of breath, and I wasn’t coughing heavily.” What Boney did experience was a loss of appetite, heavy diarrhea, and pain in his stomach.
U.S. CoronaVirus Death Tally: More Killed Than in 9/11 Attacks
CoronaVirus Death Toll: 39,014 Total. 601,362 active cases. 162,937 people recovered.
I have a couple of conspiracy theorist friends who are still resisting the seriousness...
Trump Administration Makes Sweeping Regulatory Changes to Help U.S. Healthcare System Address COVID-19 Patient...
An unprecedented temporary relaxation in regulation will help the healthcare system deal with patient surges by giving it tools and support to create non-traditional care sites and staff them quickly
Trump Administration Engages America’s Hospitals in Unprecedented Data Sharing
The Trump Administration is requesting that hospitals report COVID-19 testing data to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Coronavirus: The Next Pandemic?
(Posted 2/21/2020) This latest outbreak is serious. Probably more serious than officials are letting on. People in other countries are dying. ...
Meeting of the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee on CoronaVirus Outbreak
On 22 January, the members of the Emergency Committee advised that the new corona virus outbreak in China did not constitute a PHEIC, but agreed on the urgency of the situation and that the situation should be re-examined later.
