Author: Carma Henry

Carma Lynn Henry Westside Gazette Newspaper 545 N.W. 7th Terrace, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33311 Office: (954) 525-1489 Fax: (954) 525-1861

Health

Vaccinations Look to Serve as Further Protection for Children and Their Future: What We’ve Learned So Far.

     Whether a parent, teacher, or family friend, you have seen at least one effect that this pandemic has had on children, including developmental issues, the widening education gap, and fewer wellness visits. In the United States, more than five million children have gotten COVID-19 and more than 763 have died from the disease. Since Delta, one in five new COVID-19 cases have been in children.

National News

Groups Launch Legal Challenges Over Alabama Racial Gerrymandering

     The lawsuits cite Alabama’s “sordid history” of its white majority using racial discrimination to maintain power. The suits charge that the newly drawn congressional redistricting map denies Black residents’ equal opportunity to participate in the political process and elect candidates of choice, and that both the congressional and state legislative maps result from racial gerrymanders that intentionally pack and crack Black communities in the state, which denies such communities equal protection of the laws.