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For some COVID patients, pre-existing conditions and long-term consequences part of the struggle – Center for Public Integrity

Introduction A sharp tingle shoots through Terrell Harris’ leg. He pops a pill for the pain, but his nerves will act up again when the medicine wears off.  His legs are so weak and unpredictable he uses a walker to get around. At least, after weeks of physical therapy and medication, he’s now able to make it up stairs. Investigations in your inbox Email address Before the pandemic, the 26-year-old Flint, Michigan, resident thought it would be decades before pill organizers, walkers and neuropathy became everyday life. But COVID-19 changed that.  “My breathing still isn’t 100% yet,” Harris said. 

Vanderbilt Health Professionals Reach Out to Black Communities Ahead of Vaccine Rollout

Vanderbilt Health Professionals Reach Out to Black Communities Ahead of Vaccine Rollout Black medical professionals discuss building trust and addressing skepticism in African American communities Tweet Share Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Mamie Williams receives the second dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine from Haley Smethers on Jan. 10Photo: Susan Urmy/VUMC Since February, Jarod Parrish has been visiting barbershops in North Nashville neighborhoods, getting to know the clientele and screening them for hypertension. It’s part of a study by Vanderbilt University Medical Center designed to bring preventative care to Black men, meeting them where they go for a haircut. The clinical pharmacist has become such a fixture that barbershop patrons have taken to calling him “Blood Pressure Man.”

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