By BBC Covid-19 – the coronavirus previously unknown to science – has been causing severe lung disease in China and has also been confirmed in other countries, including the UK. With many having died from the outbreak, and with no sign of it stopping soon, the BBC’s medical correspondent Fergus Walsh assesses how worried […]
By BBC If I’m worried about catching coronavirus, should I wear a face mask? Rachel Burden spoke to the BBC’s health correspondent Fergus Walsh and Professor Sian Griffiths from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
By BBC As China battles coronavirus, medics treating people on the front line are being hailed as heroes. For the first country dealing with this new, potentially fatal, disease, it was always going to be tough. Chinese doctors and nurses have been putting their lives as risk. And the BBC’s Stephen McDonell says they’re […]
By BBC Coronavirus has caused the Chinese economy to slow, with small businesses being affected the most. The BBC’s Stephen McDonell takes a walk around what are usually busy shopping streets, to see how people are coping. Filmed and edited by Ed Lawrence
By BBC People should be washing their hands for 20 seconds to protect themselves from the virus known as Covid-19. That’s according to Public Health England. The UK government is still working to contain the outbreak but the prime minister has warned that it’s “highly likely” the UK will see further infection. The BBC’s […]
WASHINGTON—Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, whose 1.7 million members include nurses and healthcare professionals, issued the following statement after the Supreme Court’s decision today to accept review of another challenge to the Affordable Care Act: “The fact that yet another challenge to the ACA has been brought by President Trump and […]
(Essence) THE ANNUAL TRINIDAD CARNIVAL FETE IS KNOWN AS THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH.
BY DANIELLE POINTDUJOUR Trini To Di Bone: Nicki Minaj Came To Play and Slay At Trinidad Carnival You can take the girl out of Trinidad, but you can never take the Trini out of the girl, and everyone’s favorite Barbie, Nicki Minaj, is proof of that. The 37-year-old “Yikes” rapper and Trinidad and Tobago native headed […]
By Christian Allaire Rihanna received the President’s Award for her philanthropy work at the NAACP Image Awards in Pasadena, California. The star, who wore a purple Givenchy Haute Couture number for the event, was specifically honored for her fundraising efforts with various charities, including Raising Malawi, UNICEF, and Clara Lionel Foundation, the nonprofit organization she […]
By Lisa Steadwell I grew up with my grandmother from the age of 6. She stepped into my life when my mother suffered a mental breakdown and was ultimately institutionalized. Both my brother (currently deceased) and I were going to be handed over to the foster care system if she didn’t. To date, I am […]
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Jamaican reggae star and Grammy Award winner Koffee is set to make her debut at the 2020 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, one of the world’s most popular music festivals. The 2020 staging of the festival will be held in the Coachella Valley in the Colorado Desert area in California at the Empire Polo […]