Black News on AOL – 2/25/10

SplitScreen - Tracy Morgan's 'IMPREGN8ED' feat. Jimmy Kimmel

• "30 Rock" and "Cop Out" star Tracy Morgan has turned his "somebody gon' pregnant" catchphrase ... Read More
• By BVX Staff on Feb 25th 2010 5:07PM | Comments (0)

Does She Talk Too Much?

• My wife talks too much. She goes non-stop. I don't even know what she's saying half the time ... Read More
• By Mason Jamal on Feb 25th 2010 5:02PM | Comments (1)

Maxine Waters' Concern for Homeowners is Not Dumb

• Okay, Rep Maxine Waters made an error. She mistook the fed's discount rate-- the rate at which the ... Read More
• By Jeff Mays on Feb 25th 2010 4:32PM | Comments (0)

Boston Celtic Marquis Daniels Wastes Money on Diamond Head?

• There has to be a line drawn somewhere when it comes to jewelry, doesn't there? In another story of ... Read More
• By Quibian Salazar-Moreno on Feb 25th 2010 3:43PM | Comments (0)

EA Sports Stands By Tiger, Gillette Unsure About Future

• Tiger Woods' apology last week may have helped to smooth over some aspects of his infidelity, ... Read More
• By Quibian Salazar-Moreno on Feb 25th 2010 3:39PM | Comments (0)

PETA Uses Tiger's Sex Scandal for Promotion

• While there is some debate about whether Tiger Woods' recent public apology was sufficiently ... Read More
• By Ericka Blount Danois on Feb 25th 2010 2:32PM | Comments (0)

Obama Health Care Summit Will Yield Little

• It wasn't exactly the political dog and pony show some critics predicted, but don't look ... Read More
• By Paul Shepard on Feb 25th 2010 2:22PM | Comments (2)

Secretary Arne Duncan Talks HBCU Funding, Early Childhood Ed and Loan Repayment Programs

• Last May, President Barack Obama's education budget reduced funding given to HBCUs by $85 ... Read More
• By Ericka Blount Danois on Feb 25th 2010 12:11PM | Comments (2)

Melanie Fiona's 'It Kills Me': The Desperate, Pathetic Woman's Anthem

• I know sometimes we are all a sucker for a good beat, a nice melody and a sweet voice. A ... Read More
• By Jam Donaldson on Feb 25th 2010 11:31AM | Comments (56)

Vogue Italia launches Black and Plus-Size Sites

• Vogue Italia proves its at the head of a progressive movement, recently launching websites ... Read More
• By Claire Sulmers on Feb 25th 2010 11:29AM | Comments (0)

Board Members With Display Name Issues

• Have you visited the new message boards but experienced issues with your display name upon log in? ... Read More
• By TiffaniLW on Feb 25th 2010 11:13AM | Comments (0)

Guilty Plea in Katrina Police Shootings

• At first, the story of police shooting unarmed people looking for food in the wake of the ... Read More
• By Paul Shepard on Feb 25th 2010 10:46AM | Comments (1)

Al Sharpton Versus Tavis Smiley on Black Agenda

• Kevin Eason is a freelance editorial cartoonist and Illustrator from New Jersey. His brand of ... Read More
• By Kevin Eason on Feb 25th 2010 10:30AM | Comments (1)

Man Who Allegedly Threw Baby From Bridge Charged With Murder

• Shamsid-Din Abdur-Raheem of New Jersey was charged Wednesday with murder for allegedly throwing ... Read More
• By Boyce Watkins, PhD on Feb 25th 2010 9:38AM | Comments (2)

News Blast: Health Care Summit to Take Place Today, Alleged War Crimes Leader Facing Deportation

• Health Care Summit to Take Place Today Today President Barack Obama will hold his televised ... Read More
• By Abena Agyeman-Fisher on Feb 25th 2010 9:17AM | Comments (0)

New HIV Strain Discovered In Cameroon Woman

WASHINGTON – A new strain of the virus that causes AIDS has been discovered in a woman from the African nation of Cameroon. It differs from the three known strains of human immunodeficiency virus and appears to be closely related to a form of simian virus recently discovered in wild gorillas, researchers report in Monday's edition of the journal Nature Medicine.

The finding "highlights the continuing need to watch closely for the emergence for new HIV variants, particularly in western central Africa," said the researchers, led by Jean-Christophe Plantier of the University of Rouen, France.

 

The three previously known HIV strains are related to the simian virus that occurs in chimpanzees.

The most likely explanation for the new find is gorilla-to-human transmission, Plantier's team said. But they added they cannot rule out the possibility that the new strain started in chimpanzees and moved into gorillas and then humans, or moved directly from chimpanzees to both gorillas and humans.

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Mandela Launches Children's Hospital

 

JOHANNESBURG — Former President Nelson Mandela launched the fifth specialist children's hospital in Africa Friday, saying it was badly needed on a continent where millions who do not live to see their fifth birthday.

Mandela, who turned 91 on July 18, waved and greeted guests but no longer delivers speeches in public.

He said in a video message that African children deserve world-class treatment and the chance at a better future.

"This is not a luxury but a vital necessity that can no longer be delayed," he said.

The Nelson Mandela Children's Hospital will have a minimum of 200 beds and will house centers for the treatment of cancer, heart, liver, kidney and other ailments. Construction of the rands 1 billion (about $800 million) hospital will begin in late 2010 and is expected to be completed in 18 months.

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