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Feb 19, 2021 - 01:37 PM by Joy Lewis With our nation’s COVID-19 vaccine administration rollout underway, policy influencers and advocacy groups are focusing on communities of color that have been disproportionately impacted by the fluctuating pandemic. Over the last year, COVID-19 has laid bare long-standing health disparities compounded by significant COVID-19 testing, treatment and vaccine distribution inequities. The narrative that members of historically und...

Credit: margotwitvliet.com Before Dr. Margot Gage Witvliet launched a private Facebook group for BIPOC women suffering from Long COVID—aka "post-COVID syndrome," the multi-organ symptoms that stick around long after the typical COVID recovery period of 1-2 weeks—this marginalized community had no safe space to discuss the unprecedented condition baffling both medical professionals and disrupting their lives, she tells Hea...

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In honor of Black History Month, the state of California in partnership with The Center at Sierra Health Foundation has launched a “COVID-19 Community Champions” campaign to recognize COVID-19 warriors who have made significant contributions in their communities. Honorees of the campaign include medical community leaders, Dr. Elaine Batchlor, CEO, Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital (Los Angeles); Dr. David M. Carlisle, President, Charles R. Drew University (Los Angeles); Dr. Rodn...

“It is a real honor to participate at this level,” he said in an interview Wednesday. Joseph has worked more than 20 years for Tanana Chiefs, including seven years as its health director and six as its chief and chairman, a position he held until October. Joseph says he assumes Biden administration officials selected him to serve on the task force because of his work for Tanana Chiefs, including “my experience over the years, being in health care and being in administration.” Joseph has...

Equity Task Force update provided to Purdue Board of Trustees Note to journalists: Journalists visiting campus should follow visitor health guidelines. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue trustees on Friday (Feb. 5) heard an update from Don Thompson, chair of the universitys Equity Task Force, as trustees move to evaluate findings and consider implementation plans. Mike Berghoff, chair of the board of trustees, said board members will now examine the findings of the task force then direct its recom...

1. Crum offers update on COVID-19 response On Monday, DHSS Commissioner Adam Crum joined State of Reform Reporter Sydney Kurle for a conversation on Alaska’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the impacts of the expired public health disaster declaration, and the state’s behavioral health system. Crum also discussed the state’s vaccine rollout, where Alaska is the top-ranked state in terms of percent of the population to receive at least one shot (18%). “For a state as big as we ...

How does that feel? I’m incredibly proud and honored to take on this role and I am grateful to be welcomed as a guest in this territory; the Chickasaw homeland is in the South Eastern United States, and my Reservation is in Oklahoma. That medicine line—or border—between the United States and Canada is a colonial construct, but when I think about Indigenous leadership of our cultural institutions, I’m still dreaming of Indigenous folx guiding the vision of the galleries and museums in ou...

Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in healthcare regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies, and analyses; and other health policy news. Week in Review Highlight of the Week: This week, the House of Representatives began marking up legislative proposals for COVID-19 relief under the budget reconciliation process. Read more about this action and other news below. I....

Print A limited supply of COVID-19 vaccine combined with language and technology barriers are keeping many San Diegans of color waiting for their shot at immunity. Most White San Diegans eligible for the vaccine have gotten a shot, with roughly 551 vaccinated per 1,000 eligible residents, compared to 527 for Latinos, 520 for Asians and 349 for Black San Diegans, according to data on current vaccinations from the county’s vaccine dashboard and eligibility estimates from the San Diego Workforc...