Black women mayors rise amid protests and pandemic
Detroit Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms along with Lori Lightfoot and other Black female mayors lead major cities during a moment of civil unrest, pandemic impact, and economic collapse. The group faces ongoing racism, while political support grows for Black women in higher offices, with calls to invest in future Black female leaders.
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Detroit
Atlanta
Keisha Lance Bottoms
George Floyd
America
Bottoms
Lori Lightfoot
Chicago
Higher Heights For America Pac
U.S
Lightfoot
Donald Trump
Joe Biden
Nadia Brown
Purdue University
Brown
Rochester
New York
Lovely Warren
San Francisco
London Breed
Muriel Bowser
Washington
Shanti Gholar
Emerge America
Gholar
Carr
Biden
House
Senate
Shirley Chisholm
Congress
Animal testing propels race for COVID-19 vaccines
Immunology experts trial vaccines in ferrets and monkeys to gauge immune response and safety as human trials enroll tens of thousands. Early animal data show no widespread disease enhancement, with studies from Oxford, Sinovac, and others suggesting some protection against pneumonia, yet questions remain about transmission blocks and correlates of protection.
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Kate Broderick
Inovio Pharmaceuticals
Broderick
Inovio
Anthony Fauci
U.S. National Institutes of Health
Oxford University
China
Sinovac
Oxford
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston
Dan Barouch
Johnson & Johnson
Alyson Kelvin
Canada
Dalhousie University
Kelvin
Inovia
Kathrin Jansen
Pfizer Inc
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Ralph Baric
University of North Carolina, Chapel
Baric
University of Saskatchewan
Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan