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Black older Americans are more likely to have chronic health conditions and die prematurely than white older Americans, while at the same time likely to have large retirement savings and own their own home. In Buffalo, where 37% of U.S.-born older adults are Black, the largest share of any city in New York state, those inequalities are also present.

Black seniors were arguably the most vulnerable group in America to COVID-19. And yet...

The Black Women’s Health Imperative received grant to rollout their COVID-19 campaign to improve vaccination rates within the Black community.

/PRNewswire/ -- The Black Womens Health Imperative (BWHI) announced that it has received a $400,000 grant from The Rockefeller Foundation to improve...

Democrats pushed hard for vaccine equity — did they succeed? Alexander Nazaryan © Provided by Yahoo! News WASHINGTON — To hear top officials in the Biden administration tell it, the effort to vaccinate Americans is a contest against the coronavirus, a determined opponent that could flare into a new surge (as it recently did in Michigan) or evolve into new variants before enough people have been inoculated to stop community spread. “We’re still in a life-and-death race ...

As thousands of pharmacies get shipments of doses and start vaccinations at their stores this week, the country is taking a significant step toward reaching more Americans. Public health officials and advocates, however, say that wont go far enough in communities where people have been the sickest. More Black and Hispanic Americans have been hospitalized and died from Covid-19. They often face bigger barriers to get vaccine, too: A lack of transportation. A juggle of multiple jobs. Hesitance be...