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Temperature checks and limited attendance are two of the safeguards at in-person Sunday services that recently resumed at St. James United Methodist Church in Kansas City, Missouri.
Addressing the mistrust and health care access problems faced by African Americans will take more than big vaccination events, some experts say.
Throughout Missouri s COVID-19 vaccination efforts, data have shown wide disparities in the vaccination rates of different racial and ethnic groups and while recent weeks have shown some improvement, many gaps remain.
Although vaccine hesitancy runs high in many African American neighborhoods, critics say the state’s inadequate efforts to reach those vulnerable communities have added to issues of mistrust and lack of health care access that are keeping vaccination rates low.
Our mission of helping people and communities achieve better health goes far beyond physical health, said
Susan Towler, executive director of the foundation. We can help build stronger communities by supporting local organizations that address the barriers preventing the most vulnerable people from reaching their highest health potential.
Goldhagen, medical director for the Partnership for Child Health and chief of the Division of Community and Societal Pediatrics at the UF College of Medicine in Jacksonville, was recognized for his work to support mental well-being services. He said the $60,000 award will support the partnership, a nonprofit that advances medical, mental, behavioral and developmental health priorities for children and families in North Florida.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ An organization that serves individuals with mental health and substance use disorders and a specialty care clinic that utilizes clinical health workers to connect underserved patients with community resources are among nine recipients of the Florida Blue Foundation s annual Sapphire Awards. The honorees will share $500,000 in funding that will allow them to continue to focus on innovative ideas and programs to meet local community needs.
The Florida Blue Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the state s Blue Cross Blue Shield plan, announced the nine honorees at its annual Sapphire Awards ceremony, which was held virtually on May 4. Each of the individuals, programs and organizations are making a meaningful impact in their communities related to three key drivers of health: mental well-being, health equity or food security.
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BOSTON - Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) appear to have solved the 120-year-old mystery surrounding the failing health of famed Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton over the course of his daring expeditions to Antarctica in the early part of the twentieth century. In a paper published online in the
Journal of Medical Biography, the team moved beyond past theories of congenital heart defect and scurvy advanced by physicians and historians to conclude that the British explorer suffered from beriberi, a serious and potentially life-threatening condition caused by a deficiency of the nutrient thiamine. Historians have traditionally looked at Shackleton s symptoms in isolation and speculated about their cause, says lead author Paul Gerard Firth, MD, head of the Division of Community and Global Health in the Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine at MGH. We looked at other explorers on the expedition, as well as members of other