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Dr. Marvella Ford
This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Marvella Ford about efforts underway to improve COVID-19 vaccination rates in communities of color in S.C. Dr. Ford is a Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences and she’s the Associate Director of Population Sciences and Cancer Disparities at Hollings Cancer Center at MUSC.
Advocates hoping to get more members of minority communities vaccinated
VIDEO: Advocates hoping to get more members of minority communities vaccinated By Nick Reagan | April 27, 2021 at 7:05 PM EDT - Updated April 27 at 7:23 PM
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - As demand for vaccines slows down, advocates are pushing to getting hesitant pockets of communities to sign up for a shot.
The push is strongest in communities of color where the coronavirus has proven to hit the hardest.
Marvella Ford, Ph.D., is a member of the Black Faculty Group at MUSC. They have teamed up with the Hispanic/Latino Faculty Group to combat vaccine hesitancy in their respective communities.
Many Alabama CVS pharmacies have open COVID vaccine appointments
Updated Mar 10, 2021;
Posted Mar 10, 2021
CVS Pharmacy. Local pharmacies will offer the COVID-19 vaccine. Wednesday, February 3, 2021
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By Phil Galewitz Kaiser Health News (TNS) and Tribune Media Services
Last week, as COVID-19 vaccine appointment slots were snapped up within an hour at CVS stores in 20 states, slots remained open all day at CVS pharmacies in Alabama, South Carolina and Louisiana.
The dozens of open appointment slots in the three Southern states stood in sharp contrast to the availability in states such as Delaware, Connecticut and Pennsylvania, where appointments generally were gone by midmorning or earlier. CVS and other retailers typically post appointment slots around 7 a.m. for the next day.
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