[ Morehouse School of Medicine]
(HHS) Office of Minority Health (OMH) announced the selection of the Morehouse School of Medicine as the awardee for a new $40 million initiative to fight COVID-19 in racial and ethnic minority, rural and socially vulnerable communities.
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[Oxford University\COVID-19 Vaccine\South Africa]
South Africa is the second country outside of the United Kingdom to take part in the Oxford trial after Brazil launched its study on Wednesday. The ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine, also known as AZD1222, was originally developed by Oxford University scientists.
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[Black Star News Show\WBAI New York 99.5 FM]
Today Host Milton Allimadi has a conversation with First Lady of New York City and Co-chair of NYC Racial Inclusion & Equity Task Force, Chirlane McCray.
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[Black Star Editorial]
The Black Star News believes candidates Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Chivona Newsome, Adem Bunkeddeko and Jamaal Bowman will all fight in Congress for the change Black and Brown New Yorkers need.
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[Black Business]
Of the 5.7 million US firms with paid employees, about 124,000 — or a little more than 2% — were Black-owned in 2017, according to a Brookings Institution analysis of the Census Bureau’s most recent survey of US businesses.
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[Empowering Black Broadcast Media]
Winston: “Blacks make up 13% of the American population, yet we own fewer than 180 of the more than 11,000 commercial radio stations in the U.S., 1.6%, and we own only 25 of the 1,374 full power television stations, 1.8%.”
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[Black Star News Exclusive\Melissia Baker]
Baker: “I’m a dialysis patient. I fit all of the criteria. I’m African-American… I have kidney disease. I’m a diabetic. I read the newspaper and I watch the news and I know that people like myself, who contract COVID, you know typically don’t do well.”
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