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>> how can we help the most vulnerable people? >> the first is to know where they are and how they receive information. so many b communities, includin miami-dade and los angeles, appointed chief heat officers. those have mapped the most vulnerable people where they are, the challenges they are facing, and how to best help them, which interventions can you take is how they get to work, is it about working outside, the hours they work, and so its understanding where they are and how those impacts...

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Pills. its an issue of equity. when were talking about and 90 fives, kn95s, mass that can be prohibitively expensive for people. instead of at the end of november to implementing a travel ban, against southern african countries, when we shouldve been doing is mobilizing, getting those and 90 fives to every household, so that people can have the same jt should have been taken care of by the middle of december. >> yeah, its deeply frustrating. the slowness with which theyve come to testing and mas...

Youre running for united states senate. >> since 2010, state and local police have arrested an estimated 7.3 million americans for violating marijuana laws, over half of all drug arrests. black people are four times more likely to be people are 4 times likely to be arrested for marijuana laws than white people. >> and mr. chambers, that ad is 37 seconds long because as you said, since 2010, state and local police arrested an estimated 7.3 million americans for marijuana laws, as you said, black ...

Country continues to be our fight against this raging pandemic. the white house making an announcement that they are going to be rolling out a phone number to help with that. what more can you tell us about that? >> craig, when you hear the white house talk about covid response, often they also talk about insuring equity in the response. of course, you have the announcement by the white house earlier this week, the launching of the website where americans can request four take home tests to be s...

But it was sped up and took only under three years. the vice president, alongside epa administrator michael reagan and new jersey governor murphy conducted the project as to why the project is so important and why it impacts the health of americans. lets take a listen to that. >> its hurting our babies. over half of the children of our nation who are under the age of 6 are at risk on this issue. it is well documented and at this point, without debate, what this does in terms of impeding the god-...

Protective equipment, if you wear a high quality mask you can protect yourself. its a very valid concern. these medical grade masks cost money. >> its going to be important to be addressed at the local levels so people cant afford to buy them can raise them. >> i want to talk about the equity issue. they had this temporary pilot mask optional program. the vaccination rate there is far higher than it is in the rest of the country. certainly in the high school age group we know that it is for youn...

Mississippi where the rate of childhood vaccination for covid is low. >> thats another equity issue i take seriously. i would say that first of all, in these next weeks while we are planning, while various states are planning to drop the mask man dates, it is critical to keep trying and beyond to keep trying to get every last person in the school communities vaccinated. that being said, what omicron has yus done is leave behind a lot of immunity due to the infection. i think that we will see tha...

NEW YORK, Feb. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Verywell Mind (www.verywellmind.com), one of the largest mental health sites, launched its first di...

/PRNewswire/ -- Today, Verywell Mind (www.verywellmind.com), one of the largest mental health sites, launched its first digital issue of 2022, The Equity Issue....