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Temperature checks and limited attendance are two of the safeguards at in-person Sunday services that recently resumed at St. James United Methodist Church in Kansas City, Missouri.
Addressing the mistrust and health care access problems faced by African Americans will take more than big vaccination events, some experts say.
Throughout Missouri s COVID-19 vaccination efforts, data have shown wide disparities in the vaccination rates of different racial and ethnic groups and while recent weeks have shown some improvement, many gaps remain.
Although vaccine hesitancy runs high in many African American neighborhoods, critics say the state’s inadequate efforts to reach those vulnerable communities have added to issues of mistrust and lack of health care access that are keeping vaccination rates low.
Truman Medical Centers nurse seeks to break record kayaking Mississippi River
Traci Lynn Martin hopes to inspire others
A local nurse first used kayaking as a way to escape from her chronic rheumatoid arthritis. Now, she s attempting to set a world record.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. â When Traci Lynn Martin isn t caring for others in her role as a long-term care nurse at Truman Medical Centers University Health, she s trying to inspire them.
Her latest feat will be kayaking an estimated 2,350 miles along the length of the Mississippi River.
And being in her kayak, gliding through the water, is where she s the happiest. There, she can be one with nature and escape from the constant pain of her rheumatoid arthritis.
Jackson County OK s $5 million to improve low COVID-19 vaccination rates on East Side Steve Vockrodt, The Kansas City Star
May 10 The Jackson County Legislature approved spending $5 million in federal funds for an effort to administer COVID-19 vaccinations in Kansas City East Side zip codes where vaccination rates remain low.
The funding from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act will also pay for health screenings, an additional vaccination site and research on Kansas City s East Side.
The CARES Act allocation goes to a partnership that includes Truman Medical Centers, the University of Missouri-Kansas City and the Black Health Care Coalition.