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YAOUNDE, Cameroon — When 21-year-old Anne Christelle Ntsama gave birth to quadruplets, she was over the moon. She believed her children, who had been born prematurely at Yaounde Central Hospital, one of the largest public hospitals in Cameroon, would grow into adulthood. But soon after their delivery on May 11, her world collapsed. Anne Christelle Ntsama tries to come to terms with the death of her quadruplets at the Yaounde Central Hospital in Yaoundé, Cameroon on May 11, 2020. (Photo Courtesy: Alain Ghislain)She lost her two boys and two girls because of insufficient incubators at the state-owned hospital. “I feel…

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Black Americans are dying from Covid-19 more frequently than white people. But two researchers found it’s not because of obesity or poverty. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management professor Christopher Knittel and graduate research assistant Bora Ozaltun analyzed daily Covid-19 death rates for a nearly two-month period for counties and states to understand the correlation between Covid-19 deaths and patients’ typical commutes, exposure to pollution, race and other factors. A sign states that “All Princeton University Library services have moved online until Monday, April 6, at the earliest” on April 9. (M. DiPaola/Zenger)While African Americans are dying at…

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‘ Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah threatened Thursday to pull federal funding away from America’s cities and institutions of higher learning who he claimed have formed an “anti-American, anti-science, anti-establishment, anti-Constitution mob.” In a Senate floor speech before Congress’s Independence Day recess, Lee introduced a non-binding resolution condemning “mob violence and criminal property destruction, not in service of any just or coherent cause, but simply as an arrogant, bullying tantrum of self-righteous illiberalism and rage.” The resolution cites an alleged physical assault on Wisconsin State Sen. Tim Carpenter during a protest at the state capitol and the Provo, Utah…

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If you haven’t found Pete Davidson funny after six years on “Saturday Night Live,” two hours watching his semi-biographical film “The King of Staten Island” likely won’t change your mind. Prolonged adolescence, arrested development,and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors have become cultural mainstays for the generation who have grown up post-9/11, and Davidson is a member of that group. Davidson, who lost his father in the 9/11 attacks, has struggled with severe depression, a struggle mirrored in this Judd Apatow-produced Amazon special, available for streaming. Apatow’s work has steadily declined in quality, as evidenced by his billing as the director of…

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Fourteen-year-old Maria Malaso was supposed to be married to a 64-year-old man a few weeks after the Kenyan government ordered the suspension of schools in mid-March due to the coronavirus. “I woke up one morning and my father told me that we are poor and schools will never reopen,” she said. Her father explained that an older man from their village in Narok County would marry her and pay her bride price to balance their financial shortcomings. “Education is very important to me. I want to go back to school. I am still a child,” said Maria. “People in my community…

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Employers with more than 300 employees might get kicked out of the Paycheck Protection Program, if one senator succeeds. During debate on the floor of the U.S. Senate, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, called for decreasing the maximum number of people that businesses eligible for federal pandemic assistance can employ from 500 to 300, with a special provision for seasonal employers. Collins said the move would help the government stretch the remaining $130 billion in the federal Paycheck Protection Program, passed as part of a broader $2 trillion economic relief package in March. In a letter sent Monday, House Speaker Nancy…

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For street vendor Barbra Anyinge, who normally sells shoes in Lira, a town in northern Uganda, the pandemic has made one essential especially scarce: sunscreen. While usually Anyinge’s difficulty in obtaining the recommended high-protection sunscreen is its up to $20 cost, the pandemic has made it even more challenging. Many in the country are struggling to find work because of the ongoing pandemic, and when they can find work, a nationwide transport ban due to COVID-19 made it even more it difficult for those with albinism—a genetic condition where the body doesn’t produce melanin, a pigment found in skin, eyes…

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The Abbott World Marathon Majors comprises six of the world’s largest marathons, stretching from Berlin to Tokyo. It’s a feat for any runner, let alone one who once deemed herself a sedentary smoker. Brazil native Sara Velloso, an avid smoker for 17 years, is now, at 52, an accomplished competitor in the six-marathon stretch. Sara Velloso ran in the Tokyo Marathon in 2018. (Courtesy of Sara Velloso)She quit smoking, trained for six major marathons and recently published a book documenting her challenging journey titled “Six Races: What I Learned in the 253 Kilometers of the World Marathon Majors.” The book,…

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The nation could see thousands more cases of coronavirus, the country’s top infectious disease specialist said Tuesday. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, testified for three hours before the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. He and Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, urged Americans to wear masks to curb the spread of the virus. In response to a question from Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Fauci said that the entire country is at risk if an outbreak…

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