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Reverend Horace Sheffield encouraging the community to get vaccinated

DETROIT (WXYZ) — The number of people getting the delta variant continues to grow and the majority of adults being hospitalized or even dying are among the non-vaccinated group.

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Health leaders answer questions to those hesitant to the COVID-19 vaccine

The state is making an extra push to get older Michiganders a COVID-19 vaccine, especially if they’re hesitant.

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Black ministers are working to bridge worship and service to address COVID-19 disparities in their communities

Black clergy members across the US are filling in the gap of COVID-19 care by hosting testing and vaccination clinics. 

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Israel’s Ambassador to US takes official tour of Black America

Israel’s Ambassador to the United States and United Nations makes his first official tour of Black America with the Philos Project

To coincide with Black History Month, H. E. Gilad Erdan, Ambassador from Israel to the United States and the United Nations participate in a listening and learning tour hosted by the Philos Project to learn about and engage with members of the African-American community in Charleston, SC and Montgomery, AL.

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New WHO findings in Wuhan, new US variants, and a win for the UK: What to know about Covid-19 for Monday

World Health Organization (WHO) investigators looking into the origins of the coronavirus in China have discovered signs the outbreak was much wider in Wuhan in December 2019 than previously thought, and are urgently seeking access to hundreds of thousands of blood samples from the city that China has not so far let them examine.

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Metro Detroit church leaders encourage community members to get vaccinated

Vaccines could soon be administered at nearly a dozen metro Detroit churches.

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Some Black and Latino Americans are still hesitant to take the vaccine. Here’s what is fueling that distrust

When a Covid-19 vaccine becomes widely available to Americans, Joe Cunningham says he won’t be taking it.”I don’t know, I don’t understand it,” the 85-year-old said. “I’d like to know where it’s coming from.”

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The Paycheck Protection Program failed many Black-owned businesses

Danielle Parker, the CEO of Detroit Maid, says her business almost didn’t make it this past spring.

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Black leaders call out Wayne State University for low Black Detroit student enrollment

Detroit’s Black community leaders are blasting Wayne State University for doing a poor job of serving the city, citing its low Black student enrollment, retention and graduation rates.

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Documentary on late civil rights icon John Lewis to be shown in Detroit

The new documentary, “John Lewis: Good Trouble,” has been greenlit for an in-person viewing in Detroit on Aug. 6 — the 55th anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act into law.

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