Mayor De Blasio Announces Health Worker COVID-Safe Requirement

Beginning August 2, City will require proof of vaccination or weekly COVID-19 tests for employees at city-run health care facilities.

Mayor De Blasio Announces Health Worker COVID-Safe Requirement

NEW YORK—Mayor Bill de Blasio, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Commissioner Dr. Dave A. Chokshi and NYC Health + Hospitals President and CEO Dr. Mitchell Katz today announced the Health Worker COVID-Safe Requirement. Beginning August 2, the City will require employees of NYC Health + Hospitals and employees working in Department of Health and […]

Strife-torn Haiti Gets new Prime Minister

Strife-torn Haiti Gets new Prime Minister

Prime Minister Ariel Henry, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. | Photo: Twitter/ @MiQuiquella By BBC Ariel Henry has been sworn in as Haiti’s new prime minister, nearly two weeks after the assassination of the country’s President Jovenel Moïse. The late president asked Mr Henry to take the job, days before he was gunned down in the capital, Port-au-Prince. […]

Crystal Dunn, one of the World’s Best Soccer Players, Feels ‘like someone has dimmed my light’

Even as she appears in her second Olympics, Dunn faces problems common to Black women.

Crystal Dunn, one of the World’s Best Soccer Players, Feels ‘like someone has dimmed my light’

Crystal Dunn during the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup France Final match between The United State of America and The Netherlands at Stade de Lyon on July 7, 2019 in Lyon, France. (Shutterstock) By Mariah Lee, The Undefeated The grass is cut, field lines are drawn and cameras are readied. The stage is set for […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo Scores 50 Points in Game 6 of NBA Finals, Milwaukee Bucks Win Club’s 1st NBA Title Since 1971

Giannis Antetokounmpo Scores 50 Points in Game 6 of NBA Finals, Milwaukee Bucks Win Club’s 1st NBA Title Since 1971

Giannis Antetokounmpo (player Milwaukee Bucks) during Antetokounbros Streetball Event 2016 at Thessaloniki. – Thessaloniki, Greece – May 22, 2016 (Shutterstock) By Tim Bontemps, ESPN MILWAUKEE — In the immediate aftermath of a legendary performance to close out the 2021 NBA Finals and win a championship for the first time in his career, Milwaukee Bucks superstar […]

For Unvaccinated, Coronavirus is Soaring Again

An analysis of adjusted rates for cases, covid-19 deaths and hospitalizations shows the country’s summer upswing is slamming the unprotected while others enjoy freedom.

For Unvaccinated, Coronavirus is Soaring Again

By Dan Keating and Leslie Shapiro, The Washington Post The country’s months-long decline in coronavirus cases, deaths and hospitalizations bottomed out in late June. The U.S. case rate, or seven-day average of new confirmed cases per 100,000 residents, was lower than at any point in the past 14 months. But the spread of variants has pushed […]

CARICOM Chairman Commends WTO Director-General

CARICOM Chairman Commends WTO Director-General

Following the appointment of a senior Caribbean diplomat to the cabinet of the new World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Director-General, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, CARICOM Chairman Prime Minister Gaston Browne has commended the Director-General for living up to promises she made to both the OECS and CARICOM Heads of Governments. Ambassador Stephen Fevrier, who heads the OECS […]

Federal Judge Strikes Down DACA: What You Need to Know

Federal Judge Strikes Down DACA: What You Need to Know

By Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, Immigration Impact Nearly a decade after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security created the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to provide protections to undocumented immigrants brought here as children, Judge Andrew Hanen of the Southern District of Texas struck down the program on July 16, ordering U.S. Citizenship and Immigration […]

New COVID-19 Vaccine Warnings Don’t Mean It’s Unsafe – They Mean the System to Report Side Effects Is Working

New COVID-19 Vaccine Warnings Don’t Mean It’s Unsafe – They Mean the System to Report Side Effects Is Working

By Justin Vesser, The Conversation While the COVID-19 vaccines currently available in the U.S. have been proved to be safe and effective, recent reports of rare adverse events, or side effects, have raised concerns. On July 12, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration approved an update to the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine fact sheet […]