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Tyler Berl and Jordan Hines, Delaware HIV Consortium May 11, 2021 While more and more Delawareans receive COVID-19 vaccinations, the state is seeing a notable drop in testing for the virus – a trend throughout the U.S. Public health experts say that, considered together, this is a positive development wrapped in a potentially worrisome one. Just as concerning, healthcare disparities persist in Delaware in the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines; as an example, Blacks make up 23 percent of Delaware’s population, yet account for just 12 percent of fully vaccinated Delawareans as of ...

Kyle Vass/ WVPB Roughly 20 people signed up to speak to the Charleston City Council on April 5, 2021 regarding a harm reduction ordinance. The Charleston City Council has postponed a vote on whether to regulate syringe service programs operating in the city. The council met Monday night in part to consider a local bill that would potentially criminalize harm reduction programs happening in the capital city. The topic brought out a crowd of more than 100 people, many who took to the podium to speak to their elected officials. Doctors, clergy, those in recovery and those who love someone wit...

Jeff Cheek, director of the Fulton County Department for HIV Elimination An agency working to end HIV in four metro Atlanta counties received a $3.3 million award from federal health officials – a 40 percent jump over last year’s funding. The Fulton County Department for HIV Elimination received the award from the Health Resources & Service Administration – an arm of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services – in March. The county agency will soon ask for the public’s help in deciding how to spend the funds. “I’m excited,” Jeff Cheek, director of the Fulton Department for...