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Years ago, Myron Rolle gave up football for a career in medicine. Now, he’s using his expertise to fight the coronavirus pandemic. The former Rhodes Scholar and Tennessee Titans safety is now a doctor and third-year neurosurgery resident in Boston on the front lines at Massachusetts General Hospital.  “I went …

His is the epitome of a life well lived. The Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, a veteran civil rights leader and a co-founder of the influential Southern Christian Leadership Conference, died on Friday at the ripe old age of 98. His family issued a statement confirming the passing, saying he died …

“If in New York City, the most important city in the richest country in the world, they’re facing the calamity that they’re facing right now, you can imagine what could happen in much more vulnerable countries and their very large cities, like São Paulo, like Rio,” Sotero said. “We have …

Some good news on a Friday afternoon: the first two NBA players to have tested positive for COVID-19 have been cleared of the virus and given a clean bill of health. Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz confirmed on March 11 that they tested positive for coronavirus, …

Da Brat attends YouTube Music 2020 Leaders & Legends Ball at Atlanta History Center on January 15, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia.Photo: Paras Griffin (Getty Images) The cat’s out the bag. And Da Brat is out the closet – apparently. Page Six reports that the hip hop veteran – known for …

As of Friday afternoon, Thomas’s county was up to 110 confirmed cases. “Winter is coming,” as he put it. But Thomas maintains hope that a blanket DNR policy will not be necessary. “Assess, make decisions, reassess, make another decision. Repeat” is how he described the coronavirus-treatment playbook to me. “We …

UPDATE: Rep. Ayanna Pressley has revealed the results of the coronavirus test she took on Wednesday (March 25). The Massachusetts congresswoman tweeted on Friday afternoon (March 27) that she tested negative for the potentially deadly disease. “Relieved to share that I have tested negative for #COVID19,” she wrote. “I am …

DJ D-Nice (Image: Spotify) DJ D-Nice has taken the internet and Instagram by storm with #ClubQuarantine. Every day, hundreds of thousands of people tune in for their daily dose of joy and jams as he scratches on the ones and twos while they are sheltered in place during the coronavirus …

Photo: Shutterstock If you’re anything like me (or the majority of The Root crew), the stresses of self-isolating are already taking their toll—we’ve been stress-eating, panic-buying and lowkey freaking out, in general—and we’re the lucky ones. If you are one of the few who has the luxury of working from …

According to Denson, problems particular to Louisiana might make an outbreak there worse than what other parts of the U.S. have seen. The state has one of the highest poverty rates in the country, and with that burden comes health disparities—including the kinds of conditions that appear to put people …