COVID-19

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Mayor Keisha Lance Bottom theGrio.com
July 9, 2020
Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has issued a mandate requiring masks to be worn in public after Gov. Brian Kemp…
Miami emergency room theGrio.com
July 8, 2020
State officials in Florida report at least 56 intensive care units have reached capacity this week as the state reached…
President Trump Participates In National Dialogue On Safely Reopening Nation's Schools
July 8, 2020
President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to withhold federal money if schools don’t reopen in the fall, and he lashed…
July 7, 2020
Two Lysol products have been tested by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and found to be effective against the coronavirus…
July 7, 2020
theGrio spoke with three Black therapists about how to overcome racial trauma and COVID-19 and its impact on one's mental…
President Jair Bolsonaro and Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta Hold a Press Conference about the Coronavirus (COVID-19)
July 7, 2020
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro says he has tested positive for COVID-19 after months of downplaying the virus’ severity.
Discover #EatItForward www.theGrio.com
July 7, 2020
Discover initiates a social-media campaign, committing $5 million to Black-owned restaurants across the country.  
Medical Supplies theGrio.com
July 7, 2020
The personal protective gear that was in dangerously short supply during the early weeks of the coronavirus crisis in the…
July 6, 2020
Keisha Lance Bottoms has tested positive for COVID-19, the Atlanta mayor announced Monday on Twitter, revealing she had no symptoms.
covid thegrio.com
July 6, 2020
Hospitals rapidly approached capacity across the Sunbelt, and the Miami area closed restaurants and gyms again because of the surging…
July 6, 2020
As the pandemic explodes in the U.S., people in communities of color who have been exposed to the virus are…
July 5, 2020
"I'm not going to get into who is right and who is wrong," U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr.…
coronavirus thegrio.com
July 4, 2020
As the state of Florida sees a rise in COVID-19 cases, an 11-year-old boy has become the youngest person to…
July 3, 2020
Kimberly Guilfoyle, the girlfriend of Donald Trump Jr. and a top official for President Trump's presidential campaign, has tested positive…
Ron DeSantis theGrio.com
July 3, 2020
COVID-19 continues to surge in Florida. The Sunshine State has set a new daily record for new positive coronavirus cases…
Herman Cain thegrio.com
July 2, 2020
Herman Cain tested positive for the virus on Monday and was hospitalized Wednesday, less than two weeks after he attended…
July 2, 2020
W. Kamau Bell and Pastor Michael McBride created the campaign Mask For The People to provide personal protective equipment to…
San Quentin Prison theGrio.com
July 2, 2020
A group of COVID-19 positive prisoners have declared a hunger strike to protest the living conditions inside San Quentin during…
July 1, 2020
Jay-Z's annual Made In America Festival in Philadelphia has become the latest casualty of the coronavirus pandemic as it’s been…
July 1, 2020
Black women live at the intersection of multiple systems of oppression: racism, sexism, and capitalism, which constrain the opportunity to…