GDN Headlines
Checking Blood for Coronavirus Antibodies – 3 Questions Answered
Coronavirus testing in the United States is moving into a new phase as scientists begin looking into people’s blood for signs they’ve been infected by SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. This technique is called serological testing. Virologist Daniel Stadlbauer helped
Read MoreSome States More Ready for Mail-In Voting Than Others
When Wisconsin voters and officials sought to adapt the state’s spring elections to better observe social distancing guidelines, the U.S. Supreme Court refused. One of the changes state officials had asked for was extra time so voters could cast their ballots by mail. The coronavirus
Read MoreScience vs. Myth — The COVID-19 Crisis
Trump’s decision to cut funding for the World Health Organization (WHO)—which we warned about last week—is yet another example of his efforts to obscure reality and distance himself from any responsibility for the mess that the USA finds itself in
Read MoreAARP and NNPA Join Forces for Riveting Webinar on Saving Black Lives During COVID-19 Pandemic
AARP, the nation’s oldest and largest nonprofit dedicated to empowering Americans 50 and over, and the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), the trade association of the Black Press of America, held a briefing to help provide critical information for those
Read MoreDying to Work — Amazon, Other Frontline Workers Bear Brunt of COVID-19
Many Forced to Choose Between Safety and Paying the Bills “The organizer’s conduct was immoral, unacceptable, and arguably illegal,” is how an Amazon official sought to frame the efforts of one of its workers who was fired by the company. The
Read MorePlayers Scoff at Major League Baseball’s Plans to Return to Action
Major League Baseball is batting around plans to start its 2020 season next month despite the struggle by health officials to blunt the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The ambitious plan, which reportedly may have
Read MoreIndividual Stimulus Checks Begin to Arrive, What Should You Expect?
Payments from the $2.3 trillion federal coronavirus stimulus package have begun hitting individual bank accounts. In a memo, IRS Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the first round of payments were sent on Thursday, April 9, and should arrive in bank
Read MoreBlack Businesses Matter, But Will They Get Fair Share Of COVID-19 Aid Money?
President Donald Trump and Congressional leaders announced the $2 trillion economic stimulus package—the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to great fanfare, touting the deliverables of different aspects of the provisions and their belief in its ability to
Read MoreNHRMC Launches COVID Care at Home Monitoring System for COVID-19 Patients
WILMINGTON, NC – New Hanover Regional Medical Center has established a telephone monitoring system to allow clinical staff to regularly evaluate suspected or confirmed COVID-19 patients recovering at home. The tool will be used to serve existing patients at NHRMC and NHRMC
Read MoreThe President Continues to Fight for Black Community
I am from Michigan, and here in my hometown I have seen our community rally to do all we can to support our neighbors and local businesses during this difficult time. Thanks to President Donald Trump, some more help is
Read MoreThe Pandemic Curve is Not Bending, Putting Americans at Risk
“The real implications of those delays and missteps were not fully apparent during early polling regarding the White House response. But now, as the death toll mounts and more state governors have stepped up their responses to the emergency, it
Read MoreFirst General Motors-Ventec Critical Care V+Pro Ventilators Ready for Delivery
OKOMO, Ind. – General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) today began mass production of the Ventec Life Systems V+Pro critical care ventilator under contract to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. “Thousands of men and women at GM, Ventec, our
Read MoreWe Need Newspapers More Than Ever, and They Need a Stimulus
“Wash your hands. Don’t touch your face. And buy a subscription to your local newspaper.” That’s some coronavirus coping advice from Steven Waldman and Charles Sennott, leaders of the journalism nonprofit Report for America. It’s a good suggestion —
Read MoreSave Black Lives from COVID-19 – A Racial Breakdown of Those Diagnosed
With evidence growing that shows African Americans disproportionately affected by the novel coronavirus, just nine states and the District of Columbia have released a racial breakdown of those diagnosed with the disease. Concerned health experts, members of the U.S. Congress,
Read More20th Surgeon General of the United States – VADM Jerome M. Adams, M.D., M.P.H.
Dr. Jerome Adams is the 20th Surgeon General of the United States. His mission as the “Nation’s Doctor,” is to advance the health of the American people. Dr. Adams’ motto as Surgeon General is “better health through better partnerships.” He
Read MoreCOVID-19 Financial Warning: Consumers Should Stay Away From Payday Loans
For the foreseeable future, ‘normal’ life will be indefinitely suspended due to the global pandemic known as the coronavirus. Record-breaking employment layoffs in the month of March resulted in the Department of Labor reporting that 10.4 million consumers lost their jobs
Read MoreProstate Cancer Survivors: Men Share Their Experience With Non-Invasive HIFU Procedure
Three African American men: Reggie Dye, a healthcare executive, Thomas Newell, a retired basketball referee for youth at risk and Victory Murray, NASA lead engineer whose team repaired Apollo 13, wanted a better way to treat their prostate cancer—one that
Read MoreAll Coronavirus Deaths in the City of St. Louis Have Been African Americans
Dr. Fredrick Echols, Director of the St. Louis Department of Health, has confirmed that as of April 8th, all 12 COVID-19 deaths in the city of St. Louis, Missouri were African Americans. This is the first major city in the
Read MoreWoman Loses Husband and 20-Year Old Son to Coronavirus Just Days Apart
Sandy Brown, a grieving woman from Michigan, says she is experiencing “unimaginable pain” after her husband of 35 years, Freddie Lee Brown Jr., and her only son, Freddie Lee Brown III, died within just three days after testing positive for the coronavirus.
Read MoreObesity-Related Conditions in Men Seem to Worsen the Effect of COVID-19 According to CDC
Obesity-related conditions seem to worsen the effect of COVID-19; indeed, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that people with heart disease and diabetes are at higher risk of COVID-19 complications. This global pandemic is also quickly becoming
Read MoreFinding Mother After 5 Decades — Former Foster Child Reveals How She Did It!
Kansas City, MO — In 2018, Grace LaJoy Henderson from Kansas City, Missouri, finally located her mother that she had not seen or spoken to in almost 50 years. Now, in her new Finding Mother book series made up of 4 compelling memoirs,
Read MoreTyler Perry Pays Grocery Bills For Senior Citizens at More Than 70 Supermarkets
Atlanta, GA — Filmmaker, actor, and playwright Tyler Perry is once again making headlines for helping those who are largely affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Under the name “Atlanta Angel,” he reportedly paid for the groceries of all elderly shoppers at
Read MoreA Subdued Trump Confronts COVID-19 Reality: Over 100,000 Deaths Possible in “Best” Scenario
On March 31, President Trump appeared in the White Home Briefing room flanked by Vice President Pence, Dr. Anthony Fauci and Deborah Birx, the Coronavirus Response Coordinator for the White House Coronavirus Task Force. By April 1st over 211,000 COVID-19
Read MoreLean on Me: Singer-Songwriting Legend Bill Withers Dies at 81
Three-time Grammy Award winner Bill Withers, a singer-songwriter of music with lyrics and harmony carrying messages that stayed in the minds of many listening in an indelible way, has died at 81. Withers passed away in Los Angeles. Withers’ family
Read MoreSigns COVID-19 is Disproportionately Impacting African Americans Grow Larger
In a letter dated February 4, and sent to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) said comprehensive demographic data on people tested or treated for the virus that causes
Read MoreACLU Suing Georgia for Blocking Access to the Ballot Box
The ACLU of Georgia on behalf of Black Voters Matter in filing a lawsuit to protect voting rights, challenging the state’s failure to provide prepaid postage on mail-in absentee ballot envelopes. This is straightforward: Postage costs money. Requiring voters to
Read MoreBREAKING NEWS: Congressman John Lewis Endorses Joe Biden for President
Legendary Congressman John Lewis (D-Ga.), one of America’s foremost moral leaders whose work since the civil rights movement of the 1950s made him a national treasure, has formally endorsed former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden as the 2020 Democratic nominee
Read MoreTexas-Based Frog Tutoring Offers Free Services As Schools Ordered Closed
Roland Omene, the president and CEO of the Fort Worth, Texas-based Frog Tutoring, said his company is offering two months of free online tutoring to help students and parents during the COVID-19 pandemic. In an interview with NNPA Newswire that
Read MoreSupporting Families, Workers Impacted by the Coronavirus Pandemic
As Coronavirus cases continue to skyrocket in Michigan, there is no disputing that this disease is disproportionately impacting communities of color. The rates of Coronavirus infections and deaths among African American Michiganders are alarming and gut-wrenching. This pandemic has caused
Read MoreNew to Working From Home – Here Are Some Tips
The idea of working from home has always been a glamorized one. Rolling out of bed whenever you’d like, sitting poolside with your favorite drink at noon. Man! That sounds like a day anyone would enjoy. Especially if you find
Read MoreIN MEMORIAM: Earl Graves Sr., Black Enterprise Founder Dies
Tributes have poured in for Black Enterprise founder Earl G. Graves Sr., who died this week at the age of 85. “At 9:22 p.m. this evening, April 6, my father and hero, Earl Graves Sr., the founder of Black Enterprise, passed away
Read MoreLocal Newspapers Are Facing Their Own Coronavirus Crisis
NEW YORK — Just when Americans need it most, a U.S. newspaper industry already under stress is facing an unprecedented new challenge. Readers desperate for information are more reliant than ever on local media as the coronavirus spreads across the
Read MoreAbout the Southern Economic Advancement Project (SEAP)
We invite you to learn more about SEAP The Southern Economic Advancement Project (SEAP) SEAP is your partner and resource. We amplify the efforts of existing organizations and networks that work towards broadening economic power and building a more equitable
Read MoreCOMMENTARY: What Do You Say to Someone Battling COVID-19?
It is human nature to want to say the right thing at the right time. To utter words that just might help heal. I recall working at The Times-Tribune newspaper in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in the mid-2000s. I had been assigned
Read MoreSimmons Brings Back Def Comedy Jam to Raise Money for Coronavirus Ravaged Areas
Hip-hop and business mogul Russell Simmons has seen the devastation of the novel coronavirus and the effect it has had on his hometown of Hollis Queens, New York, and the rest of the world. Now the iconic Def Jam founder
Read MoreCOMMENTARY: Who Gets the Ventilators – Will Age Be the Only Lens?
The “big and bad” United States is seeing its world dominance recede. We are being vanquished both by a virus and by the ignorance of the “Commander in Chief.” We now know that there are not enough tests to detect
Read MoreCOMMENTARY: COVID-19: The View Across Black America
Similar to Hurricane Katrina 15 years ago, the global coronavirus pandemic is shining a light on America’s racial fault lines. By whatever trope you choose to deploy—“last hired, first fired,” “When White America catches a cold, Black America has the
Read MoreUVA Enrolls First Patient in COVID-19 Medication Study
The University of Virginia Health System (UVA) has joined a national clinical trial testing a potential COVID-19 medication. “I enrolled the first patient on the clinical trial for Remdesivir,” Dr. Taison Bell, an infectious disease expert who specializes in critical
Read MoreNNPA Senior Correspondent Stacy Brown and Wife Test Positive for Virus
The National Newspaper Publishers Association has been hit again by the coronavirus. NNPA Senior Correspondent Stacy M. Brown and his wife Shenay have been diagnosed with COVID-19. Brown recently chronicled the story of Jeffrey L. Boney, the multi-award-winning writer for the Houston
Read MoreSenate Passes Bill to Permanently Fund Historically Black Colleges and Universities
(CNN) The Senate passed a bill recently by unanimous consent to permanently fund historically black colleges and universities and minority-serving institutions. Federal funding expired on October 1, 2019. In early November 2019, 38 senators had sent an open letter to
Read MoreThree Reasons Why One Million Black Families May Not Get a Stimulus Check
The Trump Administration has approved a $2 trillion dollar stimulus bill that will send money to millions of families to help compensate them during the COVID-19 outbreak. Individuals can received as much as $1,200 each, and families can receive more
Read MoreAfrican American Scientist Breaks Ground in Cancer Research
Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green, an assistant professor at Morehouse School of Medicine in the Physiology Department, has reportedly become the first person to successfully cure cancer in mice using laser-activated nanoparticles. According to Black Culture News, Dr. Green’s revolutionary and unique nanoparticle technology
Read MoreAcclaimed Houston Forward Times Columnist Tests Positive for Coronavirus, Admitted to ICU
More than 825,000 people around the globe have been infected with the novel coronavirus, including at least 175,600 in America. Now the coronavirus has hit a member of our family. Jeffrey L. Boney, a multi-award-winning writer for the Houston Forward
Read MoreIN MEMORIAM: African Americans Who Have Died of COVID-19
The inaccurate internet memes and false online conspiracies that “Blacks can’t get coronavirus” are contrary to reality. African Americans are not immune to COVID-19. On April 2, the Pentagon was looking to provide civilian institutions with more body bags after
Read MoreCENSUS Must Move Forward During COVID-19 Pandemic
This year, the Census Bureau is making preparations to complete the huge task of counting everyone in the U.S. The U.S. population is now over 330 million people. Interest groups had just begun to seriously push people to complete CENSUS
Read MoreNational Civil Rights Museum to Host Virtual Commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Death
Remembering MLK: The Man. The Movement. The Moment. MEMPHIS, TN – (April 2, 2020) — The National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel will present a virtual commemoration in honor of Dr. King’s life and legacy on April 4,
Read MoreWhile You Were Paying Attention To Covid-19, Trump Slipped Something Past You
That’s right, he did it again. Just like a magician, while you are looking at his left hand, he pulls a trick with his right. In this case, while almost all of the news has been focused on Covid-19, the
Read MoreProgram Helps Black-Owned Businesses Sustain Growth in Troubling Economy
Raleigh, NC — Esteemed African American business results strategist H.T. Major, founder of Excellent Presence since 2012, has launched the Marketing Twists Growth Acceleration System: Premium. MTG Premium is a 5-module program teaching Black-owned business owners how to use creative, strategic systems
Read MoreUnsolved Murders of Black Family Re-Examined in New Film Streaming on Amazon Prime
American Wisper (now streaming on Amazon Prime) is the true story of the unsolved murders of an upper-class African American family. In the summer of 2016, three children and their mother were found shot to death in their large New Jersey home
Read MoreIN MEMORIAM: Civil Rights Giant Rev. Joseph Lowery of Alabama, Dies at 98
Rev. Joseph Lowery was a civil rights giant. He was a Methodist preacher, a leader of the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott, an organizer of the 1963 March on Washington and a close confidant of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. A
Read More