AUSTIN, Texas By now, health disparities between white Americans and minorities who contract COVID-19 are well documented, but the economic toll to a state such as Texas is just being realized. A new report from the Episcopal Health Foundation shows without Medicaid expansion, those costs could increase dramatically by 2030. Elena Marks, president and CEO of the foundation, said significant pre-existing health differences for Black and Hispanic residents in Texas have led to higher COVID-19 death rates plus billions of dollars of increased spending. .
HOUSTON, Texas George Foreman, the retired two-time heavyweight boxing champion, is coming out swinging against COVID-19 and doubts about the vaccine.
Foreman is teaming up with UTHealth to outline facts about the doses and was vaccinated during a Thursday afternoon event.
The effort comes after a new report from the Episcopal Health Foundation that outlines disparities in health care access in Black and Hispanic communities, according to a statement from UTHealth. The lack of access has contributed to more deaths from the virus and has cost billions of dollars, according to the report. This vaccine is for everyone and I m proud to receive it in the heart of the city with people who make the city work, Foreman said in a statement. Just like I knocked out Joe Frazier, now science is knocking out COVID to become the champion.
Some medical workers and families in the Gulfton area say their communities are not getting fair access to the vaccine and they’re most vulnerable when it comes to the threat of the coronavirus.
For Houston s economy, experts predict 2021 to be a year of healing and uncertainty
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An oil pumpjack works in the field in Penwell, Texas. After a merciless year marked indelibly by a global pandemic and economic calamity, experts predict 2021 will be a year of healing. But just how rapid this recovery will take place in Houston remains difficult to forecast. Much of it will depend on the successful rollout of COVID-19 vaccines and the promise they hold for a return to normal life.Elizabeth Conley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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UTMB Galveston Registered Nurse Michelle Garza prepares a shot of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, in Galveston.Yi-Chin Lee, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
How Nitya Capital is mixing health care and housing in west Houston
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Swapnil Agarwal, CEO of Nitya Capital, left, and Deepika Agarwal take a tour in the new clinic in the Bella Vista apartments Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020 in Houston. Nitya is adding a clinic to the apartment complex, which will be completely free for its renters starting in January, after gaining approval by the Texas Medical Board.Brett Coomer, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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One of the examinations rooms inside the new clinic in the Bella Vista apartments is shown Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020 in Houston. Nitya is adding a clinic to the apartment complex, which will be completely free for its renters starting in January, after gaining approval by the Texas Medical Board.Brett Coomer, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less