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As Clinical Trials Halt, U.S. COVID Cases Surge

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National CorrespondentOctober 22, 2020

The difficulty in producing a vaccine for the deadly virus comes as a new wave of COVID-19 infection has begun. Data provided by Johns Hopkins University in Maryland revealed that the U.S. surpassed 51,000 new daily cases on Oct. 13, marking the first time in over two months that the number exceeded 50,000.

Education News

Shaw University Officially Names Dillard as 18th President

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire CorrespondentMay 10, 2019

“We want to adapt the university so that it’s clear what its relevance continues to be,” Dillard said. That means that, given the challenges of higher education — and HBCUs in particular — we have to make sure that the education we’re providing transforms the lives of the students that we have,” she said.