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Valley doctor receiving national attention for minority health efforts

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Covid Vaccine Rollout Gives CVS, Walgreens a Chance to Bring Health Care to Communities of Color

As thousands of pharmacies get shipments of doses and start vaccinations at their stores this week, the country is taking a significant step toward reaching more Americans. Public health officials and advocates, however, say that won t go far enough in communities where people have been the sickest. More Black and Hispanic Americans have been hospitalized and died from Covid-19. They often face bigger barriers to get vaccine, too: A lack of transportation. A juggle of multiple jobs. Hesitance because of past mistreatment by the medical community. CVS Health and Walgreens will play a bigger role in the effort as a federal program ships doses to more of their stores and those of other retail pharmacies. The expansion represents a business opportunity for the nation s two largest pharmacy chains as they get paid for each vaccine and draw more foot traffic to stores. The vaccine rollout will also test the companies commitment to expanding health-care access in Black and Hispanic commu

When your chance for a COVID-19 shot comes, don t worry which one it is

When your chance for a COVID-19 shot comes, don t worry which one it is Arthur Allen, Liz Szabo © Provided by The LA Times Tammi Boiko, a registered nurse, prepares a dose of COVID-19 vaccine at Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital in Willowbrook. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times) When getting a COVID-19 vaccine, there’s no sense being picky. You should take the first authorized vaccine that’s offered to you, experts say. The newest COVID-19 vaccine on the horizon, from Johnson & Johnson, is probably a little less effective at preventing sickness than the two shots already being administered around the United States, made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna. But it s still worth getting.

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