The pandemic prompted employers large and small across the state to focus on worker s health, and advocates are drawing attention to a new push for small businesses to offer more onsite fitness and wellness options for employees. Merle Green, executive director of the Association of North Carolina Boards of Health and owner of HEATED Seminars Health Education Consultants, pointed to studies showing boosting employees physical activity can create a healthier workforce, increase productivity, and decrease employees risk of developing chronic diseases such as diabetes or high blood pressure. "And we re here now with actually ten worksite wellness centers at small companies throughout the Triad," Green explained. " .
A new network of COVID-19 vaccine clinics is now open - located in Latino churches in nine cities across the country, including one in Nevada. The clinics are part of a collaboration between the Hispanic Access Foundation and a federal agency called the Health Resources and Services Administration. Andres Almanza Cañas is the associate director of the vaccine program at the Centro de Adoracion Familiar in Henderson, which is holding its next clinic on Tuesday, June 14. .
Despite the availability of vaccines, the disease has become one of the nation’s leading causes of death and more people are letting their guard down.