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Pastor Timothy Sloan interviewed Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, about the COVID-19 vaccine. The Zoom call aired during a virtual Sunday sermon at the Luke Church in Humble.
When the COVID-19 vaccine was authorized for use in December, Pastor Timothy Sloan was chatting with some of his congregants and the question of whether to get the vaccine came up. Sloan leads a Black megachurch in Humble called The Luke Church, and he knew that some of his 5,000 members would look to him for guidance.
But the answer didn’t come easy for Sloan. Growing up, he’d heard about events like the Tuskegee Study, a well-known example of medical exploitation in the Black community. Beginning in the 1930s, scientists left syphilis untreated in a group of Black men in order to study the disease. The U.S. federal government conducted the experiment without obtaining informed consent.
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Pastor Timothy Sloan interviewed Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, about the COVID-19 vaccine. The Zoom call aired during a virtual Sunday sermon at the Luke Church in Humble.
When the COVID-19 vaccine was authorized for use in December, Pastor Timothy Sloan was chatting with some of his congregants and the question of whether to get the vaccine came up. Sloan leads a Black megachurch in Humble called The Luke Church, and he knew that some of his 5,000 members would look to him for guidance.
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The University of Houston College of Medicine has launched its coordinated care network, aimed at helping families who are facing significant health disparities efficiently access health care and resources, while giving students hands-on experience in underserved communities.
Delivered through the Unite Us Platform as part of the statewide network, Unite Texas, the network of social services and medical providers will seamlessly make electronic referrals for participants of the medical school s Household-Centered Care program. Household-Centered Care connects interprofessional teams of community health workers, students and faculty in the disciplines of medicine, nursing and social work with families in Houston s Third Ward and East End to provide care coordination and overall health promotion.