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By Lindsay Smith Rogers Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, faith leaders and public health officials have come together to reach communities most at risk. Faith leaders became credible sources for COVID-19 information, and places of worship became trusted access points for testing and vaccinations. This partnership of faith and science offers opportunities for addressing another public health emergency: the opioid epidemic. The CDC estimates that nearly 841,000 Americans have died from drug overdoses since 1999. The COVID-19 pandemic has only inflamed the crisis: 88,000 people died from overdoses between August 2019 and August 2020 alone. Like COVID-19, the urgency of the opioid crisis must be met with creative, cross-sector solutions. Toward that end, the Clinton Foundation, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and the Centre for Responsible Leadership are partnering to convene national leaders from science and faith for quarterly discussions about ho ....
Sheila Thorne, President & CEO Multicultural Healthcare Marketing Group (MHMG) In 2002, the U.S. Congress declared that a National Minority Health Month should be established to focus on the disproportionate impact of disease, disability, and premature death in people of color in America. As a leading expert on multicultural healthcare marketing, Thorne was a member of the Task Force, led by Dr. David Satcher, the 16 th United States Surgeon General, that drafted the resolution and was able to get April designated as National Minority Health Month and documented in the Congressional Record. A recent report from KFF states that the Center for Disease Control (CDC) reported that race/ethnicity was known for just over half (55%) of people who had received at least one dose of the vaccine. Among this group, nearly two-thirds were White (64%), 12% were Hispanic, 9% were Black, 6% were Asian, 1% were American Indian or Alaska Native, and ....
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BALTIMORE, MD (WEAA) As part of WEAA’s COVID-19: All in This Together series, Dr. Kaye talks to health experts and community leaders who share why they believe the vaccine is crucial in stopping the spread of the coronavirus. David Satcher, the 16th Surgeon General of the United States and former Secretary for Health in the Department of Health and Human Services, addresses concerns surrounding the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, vaccine passports and discusses additional preventive measures to help slow the spread of the virus. Pastor Corey Barnes with GraceCity Church in Baltimore shares how he and his family were affected by COVID-19. ....