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Many states and localities across the US are offering online tools like websites and apps as the primary way to register for vaccine appointments. There are usually options for registering for vaccination via phone lines, but those can be overloaded with calls. That means snagging an appointment quickly involves computer skills and internet access, or at least help from someone else. But America’s digital divide is getting in the way: Nearly 30 percent of people in the US over the age of 65 do not use the internet, and more than 40 percent did not have broadband access at home, according to a 2019 report from the Pew Research Center.
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Mid-South mammogram appointments drop, drawing concern from health advocates
The Memphis Breast Cancer Consortium is urging women 49 to 64 years-old-old to get their mammogram before the end of the year. Author: Jalyn Souchek Updated: 5:19 PM CST December 15, 2020
MEMPHIS, Tennessee A side effect of the COVID-19 pandemic is unfolding in the fight against breast cancer. Local health advocates are reporting less Mid-South women are getting their yearly mammograms.
The Memphis Breast Cancer Consortium works with 17 Mid-South mammogram facilities. They re reporting that facilities have seen a decrease in yearly appointments as low as 5% and as high as 45% in some places.
Common Table Health Chief Operating Officer Carla Baker said that s becoming a great concern.
Pandemic causes fewer women to get mammograms
Fewer women getting yearly mammogram By Kelly Roberts | December 11, 2020 at 5:45 PM CST - Updated December 11 at 5:45 PM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - One breast cancer awareness group is worried this pandemic is going to be deadly even when itâs all over. Some Memphis cancer centers are reporting fewer people coming to get their yearly mammograms.
The pandemic has us thinking twice about a lot of things, but Carla Baker with the Memphis Breast Cancer Consortium said a yearly mammogram is not something to think twice about.
âWe are losing enough people to COVID, we donât need to lose people to something we can control,â Baker said.