Appointing A State Secretary Of Equity Is A Top Health Priority, Legislative Task Force Finds
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Michael Curry on All Things Considered | July 1, 2021
The Massachusetts state legislature formed a task force to examine and make recommendations around improving health equity in the Commonwealth. After more than 10 months, the task force s final report was released on Thursday. Chief among its recommendations is the formation of a cabinet-level Secretary of Equity position, as well as better data tracking and an equity-in-all-policies approach to governance. Health Equity Task Force Co-Chair Michael Curry, also the CEO of the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers, spoke with Arun Rath on GBH’s All Things Considered
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The Kelly Adirondack Center at Union College has been holding a series of virtual conversations on social justice issues in the Adirondack Park. It culminated Thursday with a discussion on “The Color of COVID” in the Park: an assessment of vaccine hesitancy among residents of color in the region.
The Kelly Adirondack Center at Union College is renowned for its Adirondack Research Center, which includes historical and scientific data on the Park.
Adirondack Diversity Initiative Director Dr. Nicole Hylton Patterson serves on the New York state Equity Vaccine Task Force and the North Country Health Equity Task Force. She has taught courses on experimentation and exploitation of People of Color and finds current vaccine hesitancy can be traced back to historical medical experimentation and eugenics.
the data– and community-driven effort to get their citizens vaccinated.
English Norman and her 12-year-old daughter, Jane Ellen Norman, pose for a photo outside Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, on Tuesday. Jane Ellen and her 14-year-old brother Owen were vaccinated this morning, only a day after U.S. regulators expanded use of Pfizer’s Covid-19 shot to those as young as 12. (AP Photo/Angie Wang)
WASHINGTON (CN) About 1.9 million Americans got their first dose of the vaccine against Covid-19 on each day a month ago, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but this past week immunizations have clocked in only at around 730,000 people a day.
ALBANY, N.Y. â The Capital Region crossed the 50 percent mark in the percentage of the population who have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, making it the first region in New York state to hit that milestone, according to the NYS Covid Vaccine Tracker.
Additionally, officials said the Capital Region leads the way in people who have completed the full vaccination series.
âThis is a remarkable achievement. In just a few short months, so many members of our community have gotten vaccinated, doing their part to protect themselves and others,â Dennis P. McKenna, M.D., president and CEO of Albany Med, who is leading the Capital Region Vaccine Network, said.