October 15, 2021

Howard University Students Share Experiences of Perseverance and COVID-19 During Panel with U.S. Surgeon General Murthy

By Howard University Newsroom Medical and health sciences students from Howard University joined U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, M.D., and Howard University President Wayne A. I. Frederick, M.D., to talk about how they persevered during the COVID-19 pandemic and developed ways to safeguard their personal well-being. Topics included overcoming vaccine hesitancy with loved ones, the relief

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NBA star’s vaccine skepticism runs counter to racial justice stance

Analysis by Brandon Tensley, For all foreseeable games and practices, the Brooklyn Nets will be without Kyrie Irving, an ace point guard known as much for his handles — some of the best, ever — as for the controversy he’s been brewing lately. On Wednesday, Irving said that he isn’t vaccinated against Covid-19. This announcement came

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Funding Renewed for TSU, Meharry, Vanderbilt-Ingram Partnership on Cancer Disparities

By Lucas Johnson The Meharry Medical College/Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center/Tennessee State University Partnership (MVTCP) has received renewed funding for the next five years to continue long-standing collaborations to eliminate cancer health disparities. The news comes during the annual campaign to raise awareness about the impact of breast cancer. The National Cancer Institute, a division of the

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PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - JULY 10: Bill Cosby's sexual assault survivor Lili Bernard attends a Vigil For Survivors In Protest Of Bill Cosby's Overturned Conviction at Independence Hall on July 10, 2021 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Gilbert Carrasquillo/Getty Images)

Actress Lili Bernard files lawsuit against Bill Cosby

By Laura Ly, Actress Lili Bernard filed a lawsuit against Bill Cosby on Thursday, alleging he drugged and raped her in Atlantic City in or around August 1990, according to court documents. In her lawsuit, Bernard alleges that she met the comedian on the set of “The Cosby Show” and that in July 1990 he offered to be a

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US President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the Covid-19 response and the vaccination program at the White House on August 23, 2021 in Washington,DC. - The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday fully approved the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine, a move that triggered a new wave of vaccine mandates as the Delta variant batters the country.Around 52 percent of the American population is fully vaccinated, but health authorities have hit a wall of vaccine hesitant people, impeding the national campaign. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

OSHA submits vaccine rule to the Office of Management and Budget, jump-starting review process

By Kaitlan Collins, The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which falls under the Labor Department, has submitted the text of a new vaccine rule for large employers to the Office of Management and Budget, bringing the emergency standard announced by President Joe Biden last month one step closer to taking effect. “The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has been

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Marriott International and Howard University to Address Racial Equity in the Hospitality Industry

By Howard University Newsroom Staff, Marriott International, Inc. and Howard University announced the inaugural Howard Hospitality Week, an event beginning October 25 that will bring together the Howard community and hospitality leaders to discuss the need for more diverse and equitable opportunities within the hospitality industry. Over the course of five days, students, members of the faculty and

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The public get to see the Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune statue at the News-Journal Center in Daytona Beach, Monday, Oct. 12, 2021.Bethune Statue20

A statue of civil rights leader Mary McLeod Bethune is getting a place in the US Capitol. She’s replacing a Confederate general

By Christina Zdanowicz, A larger-than-life marble statue of civil rights pioneer Mary McLeod Bethune is replacing one of a Confederate general in the US Capitol’s Statuary Hall. The daughter of former slaves, Bethune became an influential Black educator and civil and women’s rights leader. She opened a boarding school for Black children in 1904, which later became Bethune-Cookman

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A woman walks past the U.S. Senate and Capitol dome on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021. Congress is moving to avert one crisis while putting off another with the Senate poised to approve legislation that would fund the federal government into early December. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

House approves debt ceiling extension through early December

By Clare Foran and Kristin Wilson, The House of Representatives approved an extension of the nation’s debt limit through early December after the Senate passed the stopgap measure last week in a bid to avert a catastrophic default and economic disaster. Now that the Democratic-controlled House has passed the short-term extension, it is cleared for President Joe

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Jackson State University Partners with Washtenaw Community College to Create New Pathway to Higher Education

by Jackson State University Jackson State University has joined forces with Washtenaw Community College (WCC) creating a pathway to success for students transferring their associate degrees. Announced ahead of National Transfer Student Week (Oct. 18-22), today’s news marks the first comprehensive agreement – with benefits such as guaranteed admission and access to in-state tuition – between a

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** ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, JAN. 18 **Timuel Black, 90, holds framed photos of himself, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. bottom, and A. Phillip Randolph, top, in his days as a civil rights leader and political activist in his apartment Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009 in Chicago. The teacher and author and his wife, Zenobia Johnson-Black, will attend President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration as guests of U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
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Civil rights leader Timuel Black dies at 102

By Carma Hassan and Christina Carrega, Civil rights leader Timuel Black died Wednesday at the age of 102, according to a statement from the University of Chicago where he obtained a master’s degree in 1954. “He marched with Martin Luther King Jr., campaigned for Chicago mayor Harold Washington, mentored a young Barack Obama and helped

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