Coronavirus cases have now surpassed more than 6,130 across 50 states, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia. Governors and city leaders have begun implementing measures to encourage residents to stay home or skip nights out to try to diminish the spread of the virus. This comes on top of guidance the...
What to Do if You Get Sick Patients with confirmed COVID-19 infection have reported symptoms ranging from mild to severe respiratory illness. Symptoms generally include fever, cough and shortness of breath/difficulty breathing At this time, the CDC believes that symptoms of COVID-19 may appear in as few as two days, or as long as 14...
What is social distancing? Social distancing is an infection control action that public health officials take to stop or slow down the spread of a contagious disease. The goal is for people to avoid close contact with each other and stay six feet apart. Simply put, avoiding close contact with others. This means no mass gatherings...
What is Coronavirus (COVID/19)? Coronaviruses (CoV) are a large family of viruses that causes illness illnesses ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV). COVID-19 is a new strain of of coronavirus that has not been previously identified in humans. Though...
On Monday, August 28 2017, sister Chiwoniso Luzolo, International Secretary for the International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement and her husband, Hashim Bissalam, were in need of emergency rescue from their one story home in Cypress, TX. Flood waters had risen above the 12ft stilts their home sits on and they did not have access to the...
AAPDEP is growing by leaps and bounds in Houston, TX where we’ve had a community garden for the past 6 years. The garden has been the center of our work here which is part of AAPDEP’s objective to build organizers that will carry out the work of building self-sustaining communities throughout the world. It is...
By William Hobson With the new Trump administration in office, and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) repealed, many Africans in the United States are afraid of being left without healthcare and access to healthcare resources. Mississippi has just reminded us Africans of how volatile the weather has become because of the destruction of the environment....
“We must organize to put Africans first. Trump can drive the U.S. to hell in a hand basket. We must struggle to be self-determined.” Join AAPDEP today and struggle for self-determination By Nkashama Sankofa, African People’s Socialist Party Donald John Trump was inaugurated as the president of U.S. on January 20, 2017. He became...