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Several southern states have fallen behind on vaccinations relative to the rest of the United States, and public health experts are pressuring states to meet the threshold of fully immunizing 40% of all adults.
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more than 62% of U.S. adults over 18 have received at least one dose of a vaccine, while more than half of all adults have now been fully vaccinated, meaning that they have received both doses of the Pfizer or Moderna shots or the single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine. States in the northeast have administered the shots most expeditiously so far, with over 50% of all adults in Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut, and Rhode Island having been fully vaccinated.
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Generally, more education leads to longer and healthier lives unless you are a Black man in America. Among the contributing factors is the isolation Black men often feel as they rise economically, says Thomas LaVeist, a sociologist and dean of the school of public health at Tulane University.
More education typically leads to better health, yet Black men in the U.S. are not getting the same benefit as other groups, research suggests.
The reasons for the gap are vexing, experts say, but may provide an important window into unique challenges Black men face as they try to gain not only good health but also equal footing in the U.S.
Generally, more education leads to longer and healthier lives unless you are a Black man in America. Among the contributing factors is the isolation Black men often feel as they rise economically, says Thomas LaVeist, a sociologist and dean of the school of public health at Tulane University.
More education typically leads to better health, yet Black men in the U.S. are not getting the same benefit as other groups, research suggests.
The reasons for the gap are vexing, experts say, but may provide an important window into unique challenges Black men face as they try to gain not only good health but also equal footing in the U.S.