Tag: Association of Mexicans in North Carolina

By Rose Hoban and Anne Blythe Across the state, phones at local health departments are ringing off the hooks, with people on the other end all asking the same question: “When can I get my vaccine?” “Now we receive more than 15,000 calls per day,” wrote Granville-Vance Health Director Lisa Harrison in an email. At

By Anne Blythe North Carolina’s governor, top public health officials and high-ranking leaders from the Mexican and Guatemalan consulates sent an urgent message to Latinx and Hispanic residents on Thursday. COVID-19 is spreading swiftly and disproportionately among their communities, and the best way to fight the virus and keep their communities strong and healthy is

By Anne Blythe Hispanic communities are essential to NC. So is protecting their health. Viviana Martinez-Bianchi, a family medicine physician at Duke Health whose interests focus on health disparities and access to care, had a powerful message for Hispanic North Carolina residents who are feeling the devastating brunt of COVID-19 disproportionately. The doctor spoke in