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Overcoming COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy Sometimes a cliché is just right. The Sandtown neighborhood of West Baltimore, for example, does look like a war zone.  Most of the residents are African American, and what that means, not just here but nationally, is that they are being hospitalized and dying of COVID-19 at two to three times the rate of White Americans. Prison is a perfect breeding ground for the disease, but when ex-convicts come home to Sandtown, theyre given a gentler euphemism: "Ret...

Many D.C.-area nursing home workers are declining vaccines Rachel Chason, Rebecca Tan, Jenna Portnoy and Erin Cox, The Washington Post Jan. 27, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail WASHINGTON - A large percentage of nursing home workers in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia have declined to take the coronavirus vaccine, officials say, presenting a major challenge in the regions plans to protect its most vulnerable residents. Nursing home workers were first offered the vaccine in late Decembe...

How one nursing home warded off the coronavirus and saved lives By Megan Cerullo How one nursing home kept out COVID-19 COVID-19 has devastated Americas nursing homes, killing more than 100,000 residents and workers over the course of the pandemic. But one small long-term care facility in Baltimore is proof the toll could have been much lower: The Maryland Baptist Aged Home has recorded zero cases of COVID-19, says its director, the Rev. Dr. Derrick DeWitt. The feat is all t...

Many health care workers are refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccine By Megan Cerullo Black Americans and the COVID-19 vaccine As many Americans scramble to arrange appointments for their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, some health care workers are declining to be inoculated. A significant percentage of doctors, nurses, EMS workers, support staff and other health care employees said they turned down the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines over concerns they may not be safe...

Nursing home staff and residents are the latest to get vaccinated against COVID-19 under the state's rollout plan.

These individuals and organizations contributed significantly to making Maryland a better place this year and deserve recognition for their outstanding efforts.