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Vaccine vials and paper on a table
Posted inInfectious Disease

Overcoming his COVID vaccine skepticism at FEMA clinic

by Anne Blythe March 19, 2021March 19, 2021

By Anne Blythe Juan Diggs scrolled through his phone while he was being monitored with a dozen or so others inside a former department store after getting a first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. The 47-year-old Greensboro resident was among the more than 3,000 people who booked and showed up for an appointment Monday […]

shows a big yellow school bus in a parking lot.
Posted inInfectious Disease

Without a ride, many in need have no shot at COVID-19 vaccine

by Pew Trusts February 20, 2021April 12, 2021
Posted inHealth Inequities

‘Sick Buildings’ Add to COVID-Linked Inequity

by Coastal Review Online December 19, 2020January 27, 2021
shows the back of a wheelchair, with an old and wizened hand on the arm of the chair
Posted inInfectious Disease

Coronavirus Today – Aug. 7 – Mandatory testing for nursing home workers; New tactics against COVID-19; Community Health Workers vendors selected

by Anne Blythe August 7, 2020October 27, 2022
shows a group of students, many in Carolina blue, walking on the brick pathways of UNC Chapel Hill
Posted inInfectious Disease

Coronavirus Today – July 30 – The SCOOP on coping with pandemic stress; Tropical storm and NC pathway; Return of NC college students

by Anne Blythe July 30, 2020November 25, 2022
shows a woman with her arms outstretched to denote keeping far apart to prevent COVID transmission
Posted inProfiles

Embracing her Latinx community, fighting for equality amid COVID-19

by Anne Blythe July 29, 2020July 30, 2020

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