Health

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We encourage all Black churches and businesses to remain closed during this critical period. The denominations and independent churches represented in...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the first diagnostic test with a home collection option for COVID-19. Specifically, the FDA re-issued the emergency...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced the following actions taken in its ongoing response effort to the COVID-19 pandemic:The FDA issued...

According to a report issued yesterday by the Pew Research Center, the majority of Americans believe the President was too slow in responding to...

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMediaNNPA NEWSWIRE — AARP, the nation’s oldest and largest nonprofit dedicated to empowering Americans 50 and over, and...

Using modeling that displays their 30-day recommendations to avoid gatherings and travel Dr. Birx displayed a chart that revealed the possibility of up to 2.2 million COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. in a worst-case scenario.  

"Don’t be a hero. The only heroes are the healthcare professionals. The bottom line is COVID-19 is real. It is not a game or a conspiracy. It is here and spreading rapidly and we must take as many precautions as possible to stay safe.” -- Stacy M. Brown

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Minority and low-income Americans suffer from a significant lack of access to quality health care. They are also more likely not...

“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.

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.