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The Coronavirus Doesn’t Discriminate, But U.S. Health Care Showing Familiar Biases | NPR

April 4, 2020April 4, 2020Corona Virus, COVID-19

The new coronavirus doesn’t discriminate. But physicians in public health and on the front lines say that in the response to the pandemic, they can already see the emergence of familiar patterns of racial and economic bias. In one analysis, it appears doctors may be less likely to refer African Americans for testing when they […]

NBA Player Marcus Smart Will Donate Blood for Experimental COVID-19 Treatment | Black Enterprise

April 3, 2020April 3, 2020Corona Virus, COVID-19

The NBA season has been suspended due to the new coronavirus pandemic. Several NBA players have been infected with the virus. Boston Celtics’ Marcus Smart was sickened by COVID-19 but has made a full recovery and will be donating his blood for an experimental treatment for the virus, according to People. By Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton, Black EnterpriseFeatured Image, Getty ImagesFull article @ Black […]

Get Sick Or Starve: How A Deep Cleaner Is Surviving The Pandemic | HuffPost

April 2, 2020April 2, 2020Corona Virus, COVID-19

“We are literally being put up against a wall and making a choice between life and death, between working and eating or not working and not eating.” Ezzie Dominguez estimates she gets around two hours of sleep every night. The 38-year-old wakes up each morning at 6 a.m. to head to her first job as […]

Atlanta’s Mayor: Hospitals Could Reach Capacity By Early May | Georgia Public Broadcasting

April 1, 2020April 1, 2020Corona Virus, COVID-19

Atlanta’s hospitals could reach capacity by May 3 if the current rate of coronavirus infection continues, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said Monday. The Atlanta mayor spoke on a public online conference call from her home where she is self-quarantining with her husband and four children. As of noon Monday, Georgia had 2,809 confirmed cases and […]

Facebook Aims $100 Million at Media Hit by the Coronavirus | The New York Times

April 1, 2020April 1, 2020Corona Virus, COVID-19

With grants and marketing spending, the social media giant hopes to support outlets doing essential local reporting but struggling with a drop in advertising. Facebook announced on Monday that it would dole out $25 million in grants to local news outlets and spend $75 million in a marketing drive aimed at news organizations internationally in […]

How Racial Health Disparities Will Play Out in the Pandemic

March 31, 2020March 31, 2020African American Health, Corona Virus ...

Dr. Uché Blackstock explains how the coronavirus will affect Black patients, and why that terrifies her. The federal government has failed its populace in many ways since the COVID-19 pandemic reached American soil. It began early on with an inadequate supply of test kits being provided to clinicians, compounded when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention enacted strict […]

Days After a Funeral in a Georgia Town, Coronavirus ‘Hit Like a Bomb’ | The New York Times

March 30, 2020June 7, 2020Corona Virus, COVID-19

A mourner came to Albany, Ga., to attend the funeral of a retired janitor. After a pause while the infections incubated, the virus swept through the community. It was an old-fashioned Southern funeral. There was a repast table crammed with casseroles, Brunswick stew, fried chicken and key lime cake. Andrew Jerome Mitchell, a retired janitor, […]