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Federal program aims to vaccinate underserved populations, 2 Alabama clinics selected to participate Federal program aims to vaccinate underserved populations, 2 Alabama clinics selected to participate By Morgan Hightower | February 20, 2021 at 10:50 PM CST - Updated February 22 at 11:11 AM Cahaba Medical Care and Quality of Life Health Services are the two Federally Qualified Community Health Centers (FQHCs) in Alabama selected to be part of the Health Center COVID-19 Vaccine Program. The...

An effort is underway to get more COVID vaccines to people in underserved communities, John Lauritsen reports (2:16) WCCO 4 News At 5 - Feb. 19, 2021

Feb 17th, 2021 6 min read COMMENTARY BY Senior Fellow, Angeles T. Arredondo E Pluribus Unum Fellow Mike Gonzalez is a senior fellow in Heritages Allison Center for Foreign Policy and the Angeles T. Arredondo E Pluribus Unum fellow. Vice President Harris looks on as U.S. President Biden signs executives orders related to his racial equity agenda in the White House on January 26, 2021 in Washington, D.C. Pool / Pool / Getty Images Key Takeaways Equ...

Wednesday, February 17, 2021 Biden-Harris Administration Freezes Rules Pending Review On January 20, 2021, Ronald A. Klain, Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff, issued a memorandum regarding “Regulatory Freeze Pending Review.” 86 Fed. Reg. 7424. For rules that have not yet taken effect, the memorandum directs the heads of executive departments and agencies to consider postponing the rules’ effective dates for 60 days from the date of the memorandum for the purpose of...

It is a topic often overlooked in Metro Detroit that impacts underserved communities.

Equity is the buzzword of the new constitution trying to strangle the old one. It holds that government must treat Americans according to identity politics.

The Growing Vaccine Corps of Medical Students Could Aid Underserved Areas Registered nurses administer the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine during a distribution of vaccines to seniors above the age of 65 who are experiencing homelessness at the Los Angeles Mission, in the Skid Row area of Downtown Los Angeles, California, on February 10, 2021. FREDERIC J. BROWN / AFP via Getty Images By The U.S. faces one of the most consequential public health campaigns in history right now: to vaccinate the populat...

Unity is not just an empty slogan; it truly is something all Americans should be striving to achieve. Many Americans still share virtues, such as attachment to...

HOUSTON – A building-by-building, door-to-door effort took place Wednesday to help protect some of the most vulnerable Houstonians from COVID-19. Staff from New Hope Housing continued that effort at an apartment complex on Harrisburg Street tucked between EADO and the Second Ward. It is something they’ve been doing for nearly a year. “When the pandemic hit Houston in 2020, we knew we had to start doing outreach immediately,” said Sarah Mangrem, the director of resident programming for ...

© Getty Images To meet the promise of its day one executive order on Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities, the Biden administration needs to provide low-income communities, communities of color and Indigenous people the same access to clean and safe water that the rest of our nation takes for granted.  Biden’s COVID-19 relief plan makes a down payment on that promise by funding improved access to clean water for the overburdened communities of Indian Country. The new admini...