A quick rundown of some of the stories you’ll find at today.appstate.edu
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This is Appalachian Today, a bimonthly rundown of some of the stories you’ll find online at today.appstate.edu. From Anne Belk Hall on Appalachian’s Boone Campus, I’m Dave Blanks.
The National Council on Aging has awarded a $481,378 grant to App State’s Blue Cross NC Institute for Health and Human Services.
In partnership with High Country Community Health, the institute will hold flu and COVID-19 vaccine clinics this fall at senior centers, libraries and other locations throughout 10 Western NC Counties. The rate of COVID vaccine participation in these counties has dropped from an initial average of 79% down to 32% for COVID boosters. Also less than half of the region’s older adult population received a flu vaccine the previous year, according to the grant application.
The Blue Cross NC Institute for Health and Human Services is part of App State’s Beaver College of Health Scien