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Hogan Proclaims February as Black History Month in Maryland
Thurgood Marshall Statue on Lawyers Mall in Annapolis, unveiled Dec. 2020 after being away due to construction. Via Office of the Governor’s Flickr, taken 12/17/2020.
In a proclamation Monday, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan recognized Feb. 2021 as Black History Month in the state.
“When we celebrate Maryland’s Black history, we celebrate the shared history of all Americans’ injustice, freedom and equality,” Hogan said in a video on the first day of the month. He announced that Maryland is partnering with the Banneker-Douglass Museum in Annapolis and Rev. Tamara Wilson, Chair of the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture, to highlight iconic Black Marylanders in history. Wilson said to learn more about the state’s Black history, residents should visit the Banneker-Douglass Museum website.
Senate committee supports $14M health equity initiative Shawna De La Rosa | Jan 28, 2021
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The bill would allow for those communities with poor health outcomes to become a HERC community and be able to compete for grants, tax incentives and health care provider loan repayment assistance to increase access to care. The bill is designed to close health inequities based on race, disability and geography.
The program would be funded by a 1-cent per dollar increase in state alcohol sales tax. The bill is sponsored by Sen. Antonio Hayes.
“We are grateful that Senate President Bill Ferguson and the Senate leaders are supporting legislation to expand health care to underserved communities by establishing Health Equity Resource Communities,” said Vincent DeMarco, president of the Maryland Citizens Health Initiative. “This funding will provide the resources to get serious about closing gaps in care that have made it hard for many Marylanders, including
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The number of COVID-19 vaccinations administered in Maryland is increasing by the day, but supply remains critically short and the racial gap isn t closing.
The rate of COVID-19 vaccinations continues at a tedious pace, so slow that one Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health expert said Thursday it s not yet possible to see a difference in the course of the pandemic. The rollout of these two very efficacious products have been halting and slow and challenging, and it has been too slow to have these vaccines at least up until now have an impact on protecting the American people from the pandemic, said Dr. Chris Beyrer, Desmond M. Tutu professor of public health and human rights.