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And in Mecklenburg County, Black infants are five times more likely to die in their first year of life than white infants.

CHARLOTTE – The American Heart Association and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina announced five community health mini-grant awards, totaling $30,000 in the Charlotte region.

WellCare Takes Action to Address Racial Equity in North Carolina Health Plan Awards Grants to 14 Statewide Organizations to Support Racial Equity Efforts News provided by Share this article Share this article RALEIGH, N.C., April 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- WellCare of North Carolina announced today it awarded grants to 14 community organizations that support racial equity efforts in North Carolina. The announcement follows the recent statement by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) declaring racism as a public health threat. "Racism is a public health threat that affects the ...

/ A Paycheck Protection Program loan allowed Dr. Carlos Rish to keep all his staff employed despite the economic hit his practice took from COVID-19. When Dr. Carlos Rish opened Centro Medico Latino in the early 2000s, he did so out of what he saw as a need to provide affordable care in Spanish to the growing Latino community in Charlotte. “There was a need in Charlotte for a physician who had the facility to communicate not only verbally in Spanish, but also to understand the idiosyncrasies of the Latino community,” Rish said. “And I thought it would be a good place to do that for myse...