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Text TOP SECRET typed on retro typewriter (Source: Getty Images) 6 Feb 2021 The Associated Press | By MARY LANDERS, Savannah Morning News SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Black Americans are more hesitant than whites to take the COVID vaccine. Reasons for that hit close to home in Savannah, and include a classified military operation in the 1950s that dropped hundreds of thousands of mosquitoes — mosquitoes that many believe were infected with disease — on Carver Village. “They didn’t tell anybody, and it happened,” said ...

Credit: (Josue Lora for the office of the governor) Jan. 29, 2021: Gov. Phil Murphy observes a COVID-19 vaccination being administered at the Meadowlands mega-site. With concern growing about the racial disparities in COVID-19 immunizations, Gov. Phil Murphy reiterated his commitment to equitable vaccine access Wednesday and said the state would establish vaccination sites at churches and community organizations to better reach Black and brown residents. While Murphy offered no immediate details, the steps are part of the state Department of Health’s Vulnerable Populations Plan. The evolvin...

Should Schools Become Vaccination Sites for Everyone? 9 min read Denise Tilley receives her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Feb. 3, 2021 in Anchorage, Alaska. The Anchorage school district is a leading provider of inoculations to community members in the state.Marc Lester for Education Week Share article Copy URL An increasing number of school district leaders are setting up creative partnerships to vaccinate teachers and staff—and now some are pressing local health officials to let them expand to the community at large. Sprawl, gentrification, and cycles of disinvest...

Middletown health study driving change in health inequities FacebookTwitterEmail A view of downtown Middletown from the Arrigoni Bridge in Portland, Feb. 3, 2020.Cassandra Day / Hearst Connecticut Media It’s an issue that’s become all the more urgent during the pandemic, according to Judy Omphroy, committee co-chairwoman. Project leaders learned they needed to join community partners in forming the Middlesex County COVID-19 BIPOC (Black people, Indigenous people and people of color) Health Initiative last year, Omphroy said. “The BIPOC community has had lower success in terms of health ...

The reasons for that hit close to home in Savannah, Georgia, where a classified military operation in the 1950s dropped hundreds of thousands of mosquitoes – mosquitoes that many believe were infected with disease – on Carver Village.  "They didn't tell anybody, and it happened," said Chatham County Commission Chairman Chester Ellis. "And so that leaves some apprehension, especially when you have residents of that area who've been there since the '50s. And so my job as neighborhood president, and also as chairman of the County Commission, is to kind of calm the storm down to let them...