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June 16, 2021 CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State University is accelerating its local outreach to improve confidence in COVID-19 vaccines in the state’s Latinx population, which has been disproportionately affected by the pandemic and whose vaccination rate lags behind other races and ethnicities. The OSU Extension Service, through its Family and Community Health Program in the College of Public Health and Human Sciences, received two grants totaling about $225,000 to coordinate statewide educational efforts and to focus specifically on Benton, Lincoln, Linn, Hood River and Wasco counties. ...

The Daily Yonder Health Care Providers Try Novel Ways to Get Shots in Arms of Rural Residents After the shortage of vaccinations turned into ample supply, it’s the trust and willingness to get inoculated that are hardest to find. A nursing student administers the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine. (AP Photo/John Locher) Health care providers and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are trying novel ways to get as many residents vaccinated as possible. As part of that effort, the CDC recently reached out to extension agencies and other trusted rural community resources to ge...