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The free testing is sponsored by the city of Worcester and the UMass Memorial Health Care COVID-19 Equity Task Force.

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Downtown Worcester free COVID-19 testing site busy before Christmas WORCESTER – Kionna Hazzard is hoping she can spend Christmas at her aunts house. Hazzard, of Southbridge, was among many others at the COVID-19 testing site inside Mercantile Center at 201 Commercial St. on Tuesday. She just returned from a trip to Puerto Rico and said she wanted to be tested. If the test is negative, she said, she is going to spend Christmas at her aunt’s house. If the test is positive, she’s stay...

Free COVID-19 testing in Worcester this week Telegram & Gazette Staff Free COVID-19 testing is being offered in Worcester this week. There are two free sessions at the Mercantile Center. No appointment necessary. Use the entrance at 201 Commercial St. - 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday and Tuesday. The testing is sponsored by the city of Worcester and the UMass Memorial Health Care COVID-19 Equity Task Force.  Free testing is also available at Quinsigamond Community College, 670 West Boylston St....

New York Multi-Cultural Restaurant & Nightlife Chamber of Commerce President Tony Herbert discusses the impacts of shutdowns on ‘The Story.’ New York has formed a task force to ensure fairness and equity in COVID-19 vaccine distribution, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Monday. The "Vaccine Equity Task Force" will work to "break down barriers to vaccination & ensure a fair distribution," Cuomo said on Twitter. "NYers must have trust, confidence & access to the vaccine," he added. The task...

How COVID-19 Is Impacting People of Color in Every State By Charlotte LoBuono, Stacker News On 12/19/20 at 8:30 AM EST COVID-19 has disproportionately affected communities of color across the United States because of social inequalities and inequalities in the health care system that have existed for a long time. Minorities are more likely than whites to lack health insurance and have less access to health care. And some people of color may be more distrustful of the health care system. Peop...

Free walk-up COVID testing in Worcester on Thursday canceled due to winter storm Updated Dec 17, 2020; UMass Memorial Health Care has two walk-up testing clinics scheduled for Monday and Tuesday of next week. Like Thursday’s canceled clinic, the two next week will take place at the Mercantile Center at the intersection of Commercial and Mechanic Street. On Monday and Tuesday, free testing will be conducted from 10:30 a.m. through 3 p.m. Free masks will be provided with each test. AIDS Projec...

December 14, 2020 by NNPA WASHINGTON – President-elect Joe Biden announced key nominations and appointments of his health team, including Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services; Dr. Vivek Murthy, Surgeon General; Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, COVID-19 Equity Task Force Chair; Dr. Anthony Fauci, Chief Medical Adviser to the President on COVID-19, who will also continue in his role as Director of the...

We should all use such cromulent vocabulary Samuel Conner Thanks, ACF, for this background. It reminds me a bit of Lambert’s comment yesterday that the DJT campaign is (in some of its cases) contesting outcomes only in those locations it needs to change in order to change the statewide outcome, rather than a consistent system-wide challenge in the states where those locations are located — you add the detail that the selectivity of the challenge is temporal as well as geographical. They (th...

Biden starts countering Trump’s messaging on vaccine POLITICO 12/12/2020 By Rachel Roubein and Dan Goldberg © Joshua Roberts/Getty Images President-elect Joe Biden is shown speaking on a monitor about coronavirus in the briefing room of the White House on November 9, 2020. President-elect Joe Bidens team is feverishly working to get a messaging plan in place to sell a skeptical public on the first FDA-backed coronavirus vaccine, believing the Trump administration has set ...