The Richmond and Henrico Health Districts are partnering with Richmond Public Schools to provide immunization and physical clinics for students entering seventh and 12th grades this summer.
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A new study on "Allergy Capitals" from the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America finds that of the 100 largest U.S. cities, Richmond ranks as the 23rd hardest city to live in with pollen allergies. Richmond has ranked in the top 10 on AAFA s list six times in the past 10 years.
About 22% of Virginia children between the ages of five and 11 have received at least one vaccine since the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) approved the vaccine for those children earlier this month.
People who live in poverty, globally and in Virginia, are bearing the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the three Richmond ZIP codes with the lowest poverty rates, people are 34% less likely to have been infected than those living in the three ZIP codes with the most poverty. An inequitable vaccine rollout threatens to push that disparity further.