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Matthew Kreuter, the Kahn Family Professor of Public Health at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, has received a one-year $1.4 million grant from National Institutes of Health’s Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) Against COVID-19 Disparities. Funding was supported by the American Rescue Plan.
The grant, which will help to increase COVID-19 vaccinations among Blacks in St. Louis City and County, has a number of partners, including the St. Louis City Department of Health, St. Louis County Department of Health, St. Louis COVID-19 Regional Response Team, United Way, Home State Health/Centene, 211, and Washington University’s Brown School, School of Medicine and Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts.
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A pharmacist reconstitutes a bottle of coronavirus vaccine at Christian Hospital in St. Louis last month.
St. Louis health officials are bringing the COVID-19 vaccine to homebound residents, instead of waiting for them to come to clinics or other distribution sites.
The St. Louis City Department of Health is working with the city s Fire Department and the St. Louis Area Agency on Aging to vaccinate residents who can’t leave their homes because of their age or disability.
“We realized early on we needed to connect with and partner with organizations who regularly provide services and interact with some of the most vulnerable people in our community,” said Dr. Fred Echols, the health department’s acting director. “One population who was at the top of our list was homebound individuals.”
Breaking the prison chains
Rebellion at St. Louis City Jail
A continuous assault on imprisoned inhabitants at the “Justice Center” in downtown St. Louis, Missouri, precipitated the fourth prison rebellion in recent months April 4. (tinyurl.com/yk44uu4g)
Onlookers watch as incarcerated workers chant from broken windows at the city jail in St. Louis, April 4.
Two separate groups smashed out windows in different areas and displayed messages like “Help Us.” People could be heard chanting: “We want court dates!”
The majority of people held in city jails like this one are in pretrial status, without having been convicted of any crime. They are trapped inside for years and exposed to medical neglect and COVID while awaiting trial.
Slow COVID-19 vaccine rollout for non-hospital health care workers across St. Louis
In the St. Louis area, medical offices that see some of the area s most vulnerable patients don t know when they ll have access to the COVID-19 vaccine Author: PJ Randhawa, Erin Richey (KSDK) Published: 9:29 PM CST January 7, 2021 Updated: 9:15 AM CST January 8, 2021
ST. LOUIS The COVID-19 pandemic put many routine doctor and dental appointments on hold in 2020. Vaccine news was a hopeful development on the way to life as normal for patients, doctors, nurses, and dentists.
Missouri s vaccine priority list puts all doctors and patient-facing health care workers at the top, to keep them working safely and protect their patients from exposure.