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Georgia’s largest school district on Tuesday joined the growing ranks of those that will require students and employees to wear masks regardless of vaccination status, as COVID-19 cases continued to skyrocket across the state. The 177,000-student Gwinnett County school district became the latest to reverse a mask-optional policy, citing new guidance from the U.S. Centers

Sixteen months after the coronavirus pandemic upended the economy and left millions of Americans out of work, the historic relief programs Congress put in place are set to start expiring. Lawmakers rushed in March 2020 to cushion the financial blow wrought by the virus by approving a wide array of financial relief measures. Congress, as

A group backed by the philanthropic organizations of Bill Gates and George Soros recently purchased a U.K.-based company that makes diagnostic tests, including rapid tests for COVID-19. Soros’ Open Society Foundations announced on July 19 that the Soros Economic Development Fund, with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, had launched “Global Access Health” — with plans to bring

SciCheck Digest Scientists consider polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, tests a highly reliable tool for diagnosing COVID-19. But social media posts are misrepresenting a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announcement regarding the eventual discontinuation of its own test, falsely claiming the government has conceded that PCR tests aren’t reliable. What tests are available

  A week after the Atlanta Greek Picnic (AGP) made its return, AGP founder TiwaWorks was able to sit back and reflect on the success of the 2021 AGP while also planning for the future of the event as well. “AGP this year was successful overall,” Tiwa said. “Obviously, coming off of COVID and putting

TRiBL Founder & CEO Ikechi Nwabuisi Lays Out Plan for the New Black Wall Street by Ikechi Nwabuisi Ikechi Nwabuisi, founder and CEO of TRiBL, today calls for a “New Black Wall Street,” offering a bold vision on how Blacks around the world can create generational wealth by building off some of the many lessons

Most Americans who haven’t been vaccinated against COVID-19 say they are unlikely to get the shots and doubt they would work against the aggressive delta variant despite evidence they do, according to a new poll that underscores the challenges facing public health officials amid soaring infections in some states. Among American adults who have not

  Clark Atlanta University (CAU) is using the COVID relief funds they received from the federal government to support students who have been hit hard by the pandemic. CAU’s President George T. French announced Friday the university would be canceling all outstanding student balances for Spring, Summer and Fall of 2020 and Spring and Summer

Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday that the US is “going in the wrong direction” as the number of Covid-19 cases continues to rise, particularly among unvaccinated Americans. “If you look at the inflection of the curve of new cases and, as you said in the run-in to this interview, that it is among the unvaccinated.

Poll of the week: A new Angus Reid poll from Canada finds that 86% of Canadians 18 and older have gotten or want a Covid-19 vaccine as soon as possible. The same poll shows that just 8% of Canadian adults do not want a Covid-19 vaccination. This matches what the real-world data is showing us: