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DUNEDIN — The orange barriers that the city has been using to allow for more outdoor dining along Main Street and other areas will be removed effective July 15.

On top of that, theres a cdc report that says its in more vulnerable counties and how do we fix it? >> we have to lead with equity. we cannot respond with equity. issues such as systemic racism have caused a severe and deep divide in our communities, whether thats in access to care, whether thats in the quality of care received or whether thats access to the life conditions. so we see those barriers being very sturdy at a time like this when we want to vaccinate the most vulnerable among us. i t...

Indicate if you add additional barriers, if you make it harder to vote, people may not vote and they see that especially play out in young voters and voters of color and people who may work difficult schedules, jessica. now time is running out here. they have to have this done before the legislative session ends on monday, but the votes need to be in by sunday night. we could see the first votes in the senate on this as early as today. dianne gallagher in austin, texas. and also important to rem...

Ten black female transplant surgeons practicing in the u.s. after seeing the started the first and only program in the country that helps african-americans receive organs >> the mission is to work with them to overcome those barriers, get them on the list, get them transplanted >> reporter: barriers like the lack of access to pharmacies, healthy foods and specialty care simpson says every patient is evaluated by a committee looking to ensure the organ will be properly cared for. >> if a ride is ...

Swimming Safety Tips: Guidelines for Pools, Oceans and COVID-19 Drowning is the leading cause of unintentional death among children ages 1 to 4 years old and the second leading cause of unintentional death in children ages 5 to 9, according to the CDC By Staff • Updated on May 27, 2021 at 11:52 am NBCUniversal Media, LLC As temperatures begin to climb each summer, so do the number of drowning deaths. Drowning is the leading cause of unintentional death among children ages 1...

There is a cost associated two. at the moment we start the conversation, we make them understand its free, its, there and thats where everybody. the go, okay, lets do that. making sure we have transportation for them. all of these things can make a huge difference in our communities especially right now. we are having two or three jobs, essential workers, and most importantly, to close that gap, we need to break those barriers. >> doctor ilan shapiro, thank you very much for the work that you ar...

Vaccine? >> lawrence, its one of the barriers that we have, we have understanding that this vaccine is available for anybody, no matter if youre undocumented or documented. and most importantly, this is free. 60%, carding to kaiser family foundation, 60% of spanish males think theres a cost associated to it. the moment we started the conversation, understanding that -- we have the conversation with them that its free, its there and its for everybody, they start actually going, okay, well, lets b...

Human services. i want to listen to a question i ask. this was a vanessa question, with telemundo. she put that question to the president, and i put this question to secretary viscera. lets listen to this. >> can anyone get this vaccine in this country, without regard to immigration status? >> i think the president has said, it and the previous president said, it everyone should get vaccinated. everyone means anyone, anyone in this country whether you are a citizen or not. you are eligible to ge...

So we still dont know exactly when boosters will be needed, but hopefully in not less than a year after the vaccination. >> that sounds like good news. i want to ask about stats from the kaiser family foundation report. if youre fully vaccinated are the stats. we know there are racial inequities with this. nationally people of color have been getting vaccinated in lower numbers. in the last couple weeks kaiser has found an increase in the number of shots getting into the arms of people in commun...

Did they go on to get vaccinations? its unclear. this is actual vaccinations. these are folks who went and got first shots. as you can tell, starting april 11th, those numbers starting to go down, down, down, down, down. and then when dr. walensky made her announcement on may 13th, it went up. it made a nosedive. maybe now coincidentally, 12- to 15-year-olds were able to get the vaccine. but we went out and factored out the younger group getting vaccinated, and still you saw those numbers rising...