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The current presidential administration wants all schools to allow students to return to the classroom during a pandemic. However, scientists have warned against that ideology, fearing that students and teachers could be put in danger. A school in Hancock, Indiana served as a case study on why it may not be wise to bring students…

We’ve all heard that people with underlying medical conditions are more likely to develop COVID-19, but what many do not realize is that at-risk, vulnerable communities are disproportionately affected by these underlying conditions. At-risk communities – which are far too often predominantly Black and Hispanic populations — have been long-affected in greater numbers by medical…

A new study reveals how Blacks in Georgia are being disproportionately affected by COVID-19. According to a study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, of those patients hospitalized in Georgia with COVID-19 in March, 83.2 percent were Black, 10.8 percent were White, 3.4 percent were Hispanic, and 2.7 percent were…

On Friday, April 24, 2020, Georgia became the first state in America to reopen during the global pandemic. Republican Gov. Brian Kemp decided to reopen the state without consulting with city leaders, and while ignoring the guidelines from scientists and medical experts that Georgia should follow stay-at-home orders until the state has had a steady…

As we continue to battle the coronavirus, we have all been advised of the urgency to supply doctors, nurses and other hospital staff with essential personal protective equipment. But now, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Surgeon General have announced, their recommendation is for all Americans to wear cloth face masks…

As America leads the world in COVID-19 cases and deaths, some political figures are going against scientific recommendations by easing social distancing. Following pressures from the White House, the governors of Texas and Florida announced plans to reopen their respective states, according to the Los Angeles Times. On April 19, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced…

The coronavirus is now believed to be able to travel as far as 13 feet from an infected person, more than twice as far as the current social distancing recommendations of six feet, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention stated in its new report. In a new study was published in the CDC’s journal…

As more cities and states compile data on how COVID-19 is affecting racial groups, St. Louis officials released a shocking report. Health officials in St. Louis revealed that all people who have died from COVID-19 are Black, according to the St. Louis American. At press time, there have been 480 overall cases and 12 people…

Black communities across the nation are contracting and dying from the coronavirus at an alarming rate. While there has yet to be a national release of racial demographics and the coronavirus, some states have revealed the racial breakdown of those who have been affected. In Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Black Americans account for 945 cases and…

Patrick Jones became the first federal prisoner to die from the coronavirus when he succumbed to the disease on March 28. Now his family has come forward and suggested that his life could have been saved had he been given an early release from prison. Jones, 49, was serving 27 years for selling cocaine in…

Postmates has launched a new non-contact option for delivery. The food delivery app now allows people to ask for their food delivery to be left at their door rather than handed over to the person. They said in a statement: “Community health and safety is paramount at Postmates, and we have shared precautionary CDC guidance…

As fears of an impending coronavirus pandemic rage throughout America, citizens are gripped with the prospects of what we are really dealing with, how fast the coronavirus can spread and how many people will be infected. Many Black Americans are probably in a heightened state of alarm because this group is inordinately impacted by most…

As the FBI investigates the mysterious deaths of several American tourists in the Dominican Republic, who reportedly arrived in seemingly good health only to turn up dead days later, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has also landed to conduct tests. According to the Fox News and CNN, the CDC and other international…

One of the most well-known STDs is making a comeback, and this time it will be more difficult to treat. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, gonorrhea, colloquially known as the clap, is becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics. The situation is being called a public health emergency not only in the United States…

A woman faces jail time after allegedly abusing her husband who desired to have sexual relations. Amy Nicole Parrino decided to attack her husband on the night of Dec. 2, 2018, at their home in Boone County, Missouri, according to Colombia Daily Tribune. While nude, Parrino, 43, approached her husband and attempted to force him…

As Thanksgiving Day approaches, the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta has issued a nationwide alert about romaine lettuce. Due to a “multistate outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 (E. coli O157:H7) infections linked to romaine lettuce,” the CDC is advising consumers to throw out any romaine lettuce they have purchased already and…

The story of the battle against HIV and STDs is a complex one that includes dynamics of race, economics, and behavior whose progress seems to change every time a major public health report is released. For example, it has been reported that overall new HIV infection rates seem to be dropping in some major cities. This drop…

Last month, the body of Dr. Timothy Cunningham, a respected CDC researcher, was pulled from the riverbank mud of the Chattahoochee River near Atlanta. Cunningham had disappeared from his suburban Atlanta home more than seven weeks prior, leaving behind his keys, wallet, cellphone and beloved dog, Mr. Bojangles. The area where his body was found…

The recent recovery of the body of Dr. Timothy Cunningham, a respected scientist at the CDC and graduate of Morehouse College and Harvard University, has shocked the city. Dr. Cunningham disappeared over seven weeks ago after telling coworkers he was feeling ill and going home. He was never seen again. When concerned family members went to…