Photo: Hadrian (Shutterstock) Dr. Cleavon Gilman, an emergency-medicine physician who has been outspoken about the dire conditions in American hospitals due to the coronavirus pandemic, says he was barred from returning to work at Yuma Regional Medical Center in Arizona after tweeting about shortages in hospital beds last month. According …

Chadwick Boseman’s role as King T’Challa in Black Panther II movie will not be returning.  President of Marvel Studios, Kevin Feige, announced on Thursday (Dec. 10), during Disney’s Investor Day, that following Boseman’s death in August his historical role as the superhero of Wakanda would not be recast in the …

This note is to kick off a resumed set of chronicles in the “Our Towns” series, after  time away for a long Atlantic project on the origins of this era’s public-health and economic disaster. The results of that project are here: “Three Weeks That Changed Everything.” If you’re wondering, the …

Taraji P. Henson has long been an advocate for mental health, especially for Black women, and now she’s channeling that energy into a new talk show for Facebook Watch called Peace Of Mind With Taraji.  The Golden Globe-winning actor is joined by her best friend and co-host Tracie Jade to “shine a spotlight on …

Denzel Washington, George C. Wolfe, Viola Davis and Constanza Romero, widow of writer August Wilson, are slated to talk with Tracy Smith this Sunday (December 13) on CBS Sunday Morning about the upcoming film Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and bringing famed playwright’s plays to the screen. The Tony Award and …

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The Food and Drug Administration has told Pfizer it intends “to proceed towards an authorization” of its coronavirus vaccine. The news comes a day after an FDA panel recommended emergency use authorization for Pfizer’s vaccine. According to HHS Secretary Alex Azar, there are still hurdles to clear but, if everything …

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Photo: Yalcin Sonat (Shutterstock) Apparently, the White House chief of staff told the head of the Food and Drug Administration to grant authorization to a coronavirus vaccine by Friday or submit his resignation. I guess they think speeding up the process is totally the move that will build up public …

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