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The Navajo Nation contains the coronavirus after a difficult start

Mon, 2021-04-05 20:45 — mike kraft

Covid-19: With Big Vaccine Push, Navajo Nation Has Tamed Virus Although U.S. vaccinations are at a record high, experts are warning of a fourth wave. In his Easter address, Pope Francis called on world leaders to expand access to vaccines. The New York Times

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Biden Administration's Infrastructure Plan includes efforts to improve minority neighborhoods and wages for home health aides.

Fri, 2021-04-02 22:17 — mike kraft

WASHINGTON — America’s most celebrated infrastructure initiative, the interstate highway system, rammed an elevated freeway through the center of Claiborne Avenue in New Orleans in the late 1960s.

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A meal ticket way of people helping each other during the pandemic

Thu, 2021-04-01 13:37 — mike kraft

Oklahoma town eases pandemic, one restaurant meal at a time NEW YORK (AP) — In Miami, Oklahoma, restaurants and their customers are doing their part to ease pandemic heartache, one meal at a time. Cafes in and around the close-knit town in the... AP NEWS

NEW YORK (AP) — In Miami, Oklahoma, restaurants and their customers are doing their part to ease pandemic heartache, one meal at a time.

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Webnar, tomorrow, March 30, 11: AM ET Strengthening the Supply Chain for US Pandemic Response: Strategies for Stockpiling, Surge Capacity, and Distribution

Mon, 2021-03-29 11:14 — mike kraft

Webnar, tomorrow, March 30, 11: AM ET Strengthening the Supply Chain for US Pandemic Response: Strategies for Stockpiling, Surge Capacity, and Distribution

Strengthening the Supply Chain for US Pandemic Response: Strategies for Stockpiling, Surge Capacity, and Distribution

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White House to spend $10 billion to help vaccinate low income areas, including funds for community health centers

Thu, 2021-03-25 13:44 — mike kraft

White House to spend $10 billion to bolster vaccine effort WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House announced Thursday that it is dedicating another $10 billion to try to drive up vaccination rates in low-income, minority and rural enclaves throughout the... AP NEWS

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House announced Thursday that it is dedicating another $10 billion to try to drive up vaccination rates in low-income, minority and rural enclaves throughout the country.

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How Detroit chefs are working with organizations to help feed those in need

Tue, 2021-03-23 18:49 — mike kraft

It's been just over a year since Michigan's restaurants were forced to close indoor dining for the first time.

In that time many chefs pivoted from their restaurants to working with nonprofit groups on a new task: feeding their increasingly hungry communities.

The pandemic has exacerbated food insecurity across the country. In Detroit, it was already 39% before the pandemic.

"Once the pandemic hit, of course, that number heightened dramatically," chef Ederique Goudia tells All Things Considered. "Now we have our next door neighbors, our parents, our sisters, our friends who are now food insecure as well."

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Community clinics increasingly involved in helping people get vaccinated.

Fri, 2021-03-19 10:06 — mike kraft

Clinics across U.S. bring expertise, community connections to vaccine drive In the days before an east Los Angeles COVID-19 vaccination site opened in a Latino neighborhood that was hard-hit by the pandemic, people flooded California's online booking system to snap up appointments. The software accepted hundreds of ineligible residents from wealthy... Lisa Baertlein U.S.

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Stepped up virus testing programs for schools, more funding for health equity issues

Wed, 2021-03-17 17:32 — mike kraft

Expanded testing part of Biden administration school plans Pushing forward with its plan to reopen schools this spring, the Biden administration is expanding coronavirus testing for teachers, staff and students and convening a summit for educators to... AP NEWS

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Improvised vacinating effort, pharmacist goes to senior housing facilities.

Tue, 2021-03-16 11:54 — mike kraft

In a city scrambling to vaccinate people against Covid-19 as quickly as possible, Ambar Keluskar faced a problem this month that seemed to defy logic: Mr. Keluskar, a pharmacist in Brooklyn, struggled to find people to take the 200 doses he had on hand.

“They were just sitting in the freezer,” he said.

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Navajo community network steps up efforts to help its vulnerable cope with the pandemic

Sun, 2021-03-14 12:20 — mike kraft

In a pandemic, Navajo community steps up for its vulnerable TEESTO, Ariz. (AP) — For as long as Raymond Clark has lived alone on this quiet stretch of the Navajo Nation under the watch of the “Praying Mountain,” he has depended on everyone yet no... AP NEWS

TEESTO, Ariz. (AP) — For as long as Raymond Clark has lived alone on this quiet stretch of the Navajo Nation under the watch of the “Praying Mountain,” he has depended on everyone yet no one.

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