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CHICAGO (WLS) -- Over the last year, the COVID-19 pandemic had a disproportionate impact on people of color. According to the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention, Black, Native American and Hispanic people have died at three times the rate of white people. When vaccines became available, numbers showed the inequities continued. Ken Griffin, chief operating officer with Howard Brown Health, said mass vaccination events helps minority communities that also includes grassroots efforts. WATC...

Photo Credit: IANS IANSLive Washington, March 15 (IANS) The Covid-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected racial and ethnic minority groups in the US, and continues to deepen health disparities in the country, according to data issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). To get full access of the story, click here to subscribe to IANS News Service © 2021 IANS India Private Limited. All Rights Reserved. The reproduction of the story/photograph in any form will be liable...

RACINE — Health disparities locally and nationwide are more obvious amid COVID-19. While health results across the board remain worse for people of color in the U.S., they’re especially bad when it comes to COVID-19. Compared to whites, African Americans were 10% more likely to catch COVID-19, 190% more likely to be hospitalized for it and 90% more likely to die from it, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Similarly, comparing outcomes of Latino or Hispanic pe...

MIAMI (AP) — Art Acevedo, the Houston police chief who forged a national profile by...

Primary care doctors can play an important role in helping to preserve brain health by...

A venue for life: Bridgeport church hosts pop-up COVID-19 vaccine clinic FacebookTwitterEmail 1of18 Bishop Kenneth Moales speaks at a news conference in the sanctuary of the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, in Bridgeport, Conn. March 15, 2021. Moales was joined by Gov. Ned Lamont and other officials to speak about the COVID-19 vaccination clinic currently running at his church.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 2of18 Kent Owusu, right, administers a COVID-19 shot to Dammy Bami...

Skip to main content Currently Reading COVID milestone for Bexar County - 200,000 people have been fully vaccinated, more than the total number infected during the pandemic FacebookTwitterEmail Dominique De La Rosa receives an infusion of monoclonal antibodies to battle COVID-19 at the Freeman Coliseum complex on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. San Antonios health care system is in crisis from the latest COVID-19 surge, and hospitals and local officials are doing everything they can to prevent the crisi...

Skip to main content Who you are is how you teach: Danbury program aims to encourage diverse students to be teachers FacebookTwitterEmail Angie Tovar is a teacher at Pembroke Elementary School. She went to Danbury schools and participated in a pipeline program through the public schools and Western Connecticut State University that encourages minority students to become teachers. She is the first Danbury student to go through the program and then return to teach at Danbury schools. Friday, Marc...

RAPIDO - a new Spanish acronym to raise stroke awareness Robert Kozak, American Heart Association News March 12, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Lea en español Researchers have developed a new Spanish acronym aimed to raise awareness of stroke symptoms in the Hispanic community. Known as RAPIDO, it seeks to replicate the popular FAST mnemonic that exists in English. Studies show that while Hispanic adults currently have a similar rate of stroke as their non-Hispanic white counterparts, they are not ...

San Antonio reports 158 new COVID cases, three more deaths FacebookTwitterEmail Karen McClean, 68, gets a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at WellMed’s Elvira Cisneros Senior Community Center on Feb. 22.Jerry Lara /San Antonio Express-News San Antonio’s coronavirus numbers continue to improve as local officials reported only 158 newly diagnosed cases and three more deaths Friday. The city’s risk level is now classified as “low” and “improving.” The seven-day rolling average of new cases h...