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The vast majority of nutrients and sediment washed into streams flowing into the Chesapeake Bay are picked up by deluges from severe storms that occur on relatively few days of the year. That is the conclusion of a new study led by Penn State researchers, who say it offers clues for cleaning up the impaired estuary. A small percentage of locations and events contribute to the vast majority of total annual pollution loads entering the bay, said Heather Preisendanz, associate professor of agricultural and biological engineering, College of Agricultural Sciences. These findings stress the importance of concentrating our efforts on hot moments not just hot spots across impaired
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While the vaccine approval process continues, the work is underway to educate communities on vaccine safety and earn trust. Author: Ariane Datil Updated: 10:56 PM EST December 11, 2020
LANGLEY PARK, Md. The United States has given the green light for the first COVID-19 vaccine, launching a nationwide campaign needed to defeat the pandemic with the FDA authorization of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine. CBS is reporting that the first doses of the Pfizer vaccine will ship in less than 24 hours.
But what is being done within communities that have an inherent distrust of vaccines to foster an understanding of the benefits of receiving the vaccine when it is available?
Ngozi Alia | 12/11/2020, 6 a.m. Dr. Melvin Ego-Osuala (L) & Dr. Risha Irvin (R) Courtesy Photo
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported that African Americans are disproportionately impacted and twice as likely to die from the coronavirus. In Maryland, over sixty percent of residents are Black in Baltimore and Prince Georgeâs County, and Prince Georgeâs County leads Maryland with the most known COVID-19 cases.
There has been a call for action to support minority groups that are heavily impacted by the coronavirus on local and national levels.
Earlier in the year, the COVID-19 Consortium submitted a proposal to Governor Larry Hogan addressing the health inequalities of COVID-19 in African American and Hispanic communities in Maryland. The COVID-19 Consortium is comprised six different organizations, including: Westat Incorporation; National Medical Association; National Hispanic Medical Association; National Association of Comm