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Black older Americans are more likely to have chronic health conditions and die prematurely than white older Americans, while at the same time likely to have large retirement savings and own their own home. In Buffalo, where 37% of U.S.-born older adults are Black, the largest share of any city in New York state, those inequalities are also present.
Black seniors were arguably the most vulnerable group in America to COVID-19. And yet...
The Black Women’s Health Imperative received grant to rollout their COVID-19 campaign to improve vaccination rates within the Black community.
/PRNewswire/ -- The Black Women's Health Imperative (BWHI) announced that it has received a $400,000 grant from The Rockefeller Foundation to improve...
Democrats pushed hard for vaccine 'equity' — did they succeed? Alexander Nazaryan © Provided by Yahoo! News WASHINGTON — To hear top officials in the Biden administration tell it, the effort to vaccinate Americans is a contest against the coronavirus, a determined opponent that could flare into a new surge (as it recently did in Michigan) or evolve into new variants before enough people have been inoculated to stop community spread. “We’re still in a life-and-death race against this virus,” President Biden said earlier this month. He has frequently announced more a...