NNPA NEWSWIRE — Nearly 219 million people globally had contracted the novel coronavirus since March 2020, when officials officially declared a pandemic. Over 4.5 million have...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The government authorized using the new Janssen COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson on Friday, Feb. 26. “This is exciting news for all...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Black Americans, millions of whom were already struggling before the pandemic struck, cannot afford to lose anything else and we absolutely cannot afford...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Black Americans have to be involved at all levels of responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. We cannot afford to be silent, detached, denied,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In a letter Democratic Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-Washington) sent this week to Health and Human Services...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Black and Latinx seniors are more likely to be affected by health conditions that can heighten the risk of coronavirus-related complications. Black adults...
NNPA — In a CNN interview, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar attributed the high coronavirus death rate to unhealthy African Americans. Azar claimed that...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We anticipate the clinical trials could start within 90 days. The clinical trial itself could take a month. We feel quite optimistic that...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — To combat the resulting uncertainty and help ensure that Black-owned businesses can sustain themselves and survive the pandemic, a team of influencers and...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — National Newspaper Publishers Association Chair Karen Carter Richards and NNPA President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., and numerous other Black Press...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “For every 2,000 Black people who were alive in January, one has died,” observed Dr. Ebony Hilton. “We often talk about mortality rates,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In an exclusive live stream interview with the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) broadcast over Facebook, Dr. Leigh-Ann Webb, an assistant professor and...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Nationally, workers have voiced… complaints about a lack of protective equipment such as masks, inefficient sanitizing of workspaces, and failure by some employers...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Jointly hosted by NNPA President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., and AARP Vice President of Multicultural Leadership, Shani Hosten, the live...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “In St. Louis, if you look at the number of zip codes that have the highest number of cases, they are in the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "We are the number one target for this disease. We have pre-existing conditions, and yet we're told to go home when we visit...
NNPA NEWSWRE — While Washington, D.C.’s Metrorail has been largely emptied of its professional class of passengers, reductions in the city’s bus service have made it...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Simmons is leading a group of producers who, on Sunday, April 5, will premiere “Def Comedy Jam Presents: Healing Through Laughter,” a marathon...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Medical experts have also sounded the alarm that the virus could well be transmitted through the air. “Currently available research supports the possibility...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Jeffrey L. Boney, a multi-award-winning writer for the Houston Forward Times and the National Newspaper Publishers Association, is in the intensive care unit...
