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Mitch Williams, 85, one of the first patients to be seen at the Delta Health Center in Mound Bayou, Miss. poses inside of the center’s museum, March 3, 2021.
In the 1960s, health care for Black residents in rural Mississippi was practically non-existent. While some hospitals served Black patients, they struggled to stay afloat; most options were segregated. During the height of the civil rights movement, young Black doctors decided to launch a movement of their own.
“Mississippi was third-world and was so bad and so separated. The community health center movement was the conduit for physicians all over this country who believed that all people have a right to health care,” said Dr. Robert Smith.
Moderna to Begin Delivery; London Lockdown Ordered: Virus Update Bloomberg 12/19/2020
(Bloomberg)
Prime Minister Boris Johnson imposed a full lockdown on London and large parts of southeast England in a desperate attempt to stop a new strain of coronavirus that is spreading rapidly in the U.K. The nation surpassed 2 million total infections.
The newly-approved Moderna vaccine will begin distribution across the U.S. starting Sunday, after a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel recommended its use for people 18 and older.
Apple Inc. is temporarily closing all of its retail stores in California as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to surge across the state. New York state’s infections retreated from the record set Friday.
Bidens to Get Vaccine; N.Y. Cases Soar to Record: Virus Update
Bloomberg 12/18/2020 Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, will get vaccine doses on Monday. Vice President Mike Pence was vaccinated on live television to encourage Americans to get their shots. New York state shattered its record for the most daily cases since the start of the pandemic, reporting more than 12,000 new infections. Michigan began lifting a partial lockdown as its outbreak eases.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will work quickly toward authorizing Moderna Inc.’s Covid-19 vaccine, Commissioner Stephen Hahn said. The World Health Organization said the end of global pandemic is “in sight” as vaccines begin to roll out.
Bidens to Get Vaccine; N.Y. Cases Soar to Record: Virus Update
Bloomberg 12/18/2020 Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, will get vaccine doses on Monday. Vice President Mike Pence was vaccinated on live television to encourage Americans to get their shots. New York state shattered its record for the most daily cases since the start of the pandemic, reporting more than 12,000 new infections. Michigan began lifting a partial lockdown as its outbreak eases.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will work quickly toward authorizing Moderna Inc.’s Covid-19 vaccine, Commissioner Stephen Hahn said. The World Health Organization said the end of global pandemic is “in sight” as vaccines begin to roll out.
Bidens to Get Vaccine; N.Y. Cases Soar to Record: Virus Update
Bloomberg 12/18/2020 Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, will get vaccine doses on Monday. Vice President Mike Pence was vaccinated on live television to encourage Americans to get their shots. New York state shattered its record for the most daily cases since the start of the pandemic, reporting more than 12,000 new infections. Michigan began lifting a partial lockdown as its outbreak eases.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will work quickly toward authorizing Moderna Inc.’s Covid-19 vaccine, Commissioner Stephen Hahn said. The World Health Organization said the end of global pandemic is “in sight” as vaccines begin to roll out.