Norfolk State forum encourages minorities to get COVID-19 vaccine
April is National Minority Health Month, and the university plans for in-person learning in the Fall, exploring vaccine requirement. Author: Eugene Daniel (WVEC) Updated: 11:55 PM EDT April 8, 2021
NORFOLK, Va. April is National Minority Health Month, and Norfolk State University is taking the opportunity to encourage people of color and other minority groups to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
Norfolk State’s Center of Excellence in Minority Health Disparities hosted a virtual discussion Thursday to provide to debunk vaccine myths and get accurate information out to the community.
Nearly three million Virginians have at least received one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Fourteen percent of those are Black people, and just under 5 percent are Latino American.
The U.S. Senate has unanimously passed a bill to help fund the study of health disparities among minority communities, Sen. Bill Cassidy, MD announced Monday, March 15.
Mental health epidemic threatens communities of color amid COVID-19
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Communities of color face a burgeoning wave of mental health problems as a result of how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way people interact and grieve, experts warn. We re about to have a mental health epidemic because of COVID, Vickie Mays, a professor of health policy and director of the UCLA Center on Research, Education, Training and Strategic Communication on Minority Health Disparities, said during an HDLive! interview.
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Mays said mood disorders, substance abuse and suicides are increasing in racial and ethnic communities in the United States, driven in part by the social isolation required to prevent spread of the coronavirus.
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La., Hawaii senators introduce bill to increase funding for schools performing research into minority health disparities Left to right: Senators Bill Cassidy, MD (R-La.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) (Source: U.S. Senate) By Rachael Thomas | February 25, 2021 at 10:21 AM CST - Updated March 7 at 3:39 PM
WASHINGTON (KSLA) - Two U.S. senators, one from Louisiana and one from Hawaii, have introduced a bill to the Senate that would increase investments in schools performing research into minority health disparities.
Senators Bill Cassidy, MD (R-La.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) are behind the bill, which is called the John Lewis National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Endowment Revitalization Act. The Senate bill was introduced Feb. 12.