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Boards of health announce flu clinics - The Martha's Vineyard Times

The Island boards of health, in partnership with Island Health Care and Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, will be holding three community flu vaccination clinics, according to an email from Tisbury health agent Maura Valley. The first clinic will be held at the Edgartown Fire Department from 2 to 5 pm on Monday, Nov. 28. Clinic two […] ....

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After DeSantis Flew in Migrants, Vineyard Planned to Ship Them Off-Island

The director of Martha’s Vineyard Airport says that about 50 migrants from Venezuela arrived without warning on the island. ....

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Keeping your balance - The Martha's Vineyard Times

Falls among adults 65 and older caused more than 34,000 deaths in 2019, making it the leading cause of death for that group, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Elder adult falls cost $50 billion in medical costs annually. One out of five falls causes a serious injury, such as broken bones […] ....

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Tackling the mental healthcare crisis - The Martha's Vineyard Times

Founded in 1961, Martha’s Vineyard Community Services (MVCS) was one of America’s first rural Community Mental Health Centers (CMHC). The community mental health movement of the 1950s and 1960s had the dream that communities could come together to support mental health needs regardless of ability to pay. The CMHC model is based on the notion […] ....

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Working for your health - The Martha's Vineyard Times

Why are data so important to our community’s health? Who’s collecting them, and why? What college student, this writer among them, hasn’t winced at the thought of spending an entire semester collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data in their first statistics class? The topic of data collection can be off-putting for many who perceive it as […] ....

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