As jails across the country work to vaccinate their incarcerated populations, one Massachusetts county is making an effort to hear from the people in its facility, understand their hesitancy, and help educate to keep them safe.
Three months into Hawaii’s vaccination campaign, only 8.8% of Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders have received immunizations though they represent more than 40% of COVID-19 cases in the islands.
Families who have lost loved ones to vaccine preventable diseases, including COVID-19, have joined together to promote vaccines, specifically COVID-19 vaccines. This website is easy to navigate; provides links to reliable resources; provides easy to understand...
While the initiative is part of an established collaboration between Black barbershops and public health helmed by Stephen Thomas, PhD, it’s also one of the many efforts aimed at increasing COVID vaccine uptake among Black people. Thomas is the director of the...
Includes information as it relates to the narrative that Black people aren’t willing to get the vaccine, but some are of the view the real issue was the lack of investment in vaccine distribution in Black communities.
