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A POLITICO analysis suggests disadvantaged communities are being bypassed even in blue states fighting disparities.
Staff at Howard University give a Covid-19 vaccination to a hospital staff member on Dec. 15, 2020, in Washington, D.C. | Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images
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Black and Latino Americans are falling behind in the nationwide race to get vaccinated against Covid-19, even in blue states and localities praised for championing racial equity during earlier phases of the pandemic.
So far, the U.S. has racial and ethnic data for only about half of the vaccine doses given. Among those, just 5 percent have gone to Black Americans and only 11 percent were given to Latino recipients, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A POLITICO analysis of the available data suggests the disadvantaged and underserved communities are being bypassed, including in those states that have not yet publicly broken out data by race and ethnicity.
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This satellite image of Baltimore illustrates the lack of greenery in the city, making it susceptible to the urban heat island effect.
On Jan. 28 theCenter for the Law and the Public’s Health and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute hosted a discussion on “Climate Change, Public Health, and the U.S. Supreme Court.” Guest speakers included the Baltimore Chief of the Affirmative Litigation Division Sara Gross, University of Maryland Environmental Law Professor Robert Percival and University of Maryland Public Health Professor Amir Sapkota.
Thomas Burke, professor and chair in Health Risk and Society at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, served as the moderator of the event, which focused on how the newly configured U.S. Supreme Court may rule on climate change cases and other matters vital to public health.
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The proposed budget allocates $9 million to support the Office of Minority Health and Health Equity, $2.8 million to support additional Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRN) for medication administration, $178 million to fight the state’s opioid epidemic, $53.9 million to provide community-based behavioral health services for adults with severe mental illnesses and children with emotional disturbances, $26 million to fund veterans’ programs and $36.6 million for a new level of reimbursement for immediate care facilities to serve those with intellectual disabilities. There will also be $4 million for a customer service solution to meet needs and improve quality of services provided to health care professionals.
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