by JAMAICA SOWELL posted 06.25.2021 Much attention has been focused on the barriers and challenges to accessing health care, highlighted by a pandemic that disproportionately harms Black, Latinx, Asian American Pacific Islander, and Indigenous communities. Barriers to technology or lack of broadband impeded access to MyTurn and other scheduling tools. Barriers to transportation made…
By Fiona Kelliher | [email protected] | Bay Area News Group PUBLISHED: June 24, 2021 at 1:41 p.m. | UPDATED: June 24, 2021 at 3:55 p.m. “Without investment, we will continue to die” OAKLAND, CA – JUNE 24: Black and Brown Bay Area leaders held a news conference at the Lake Merritt Amphitheater in Oakland,…
Groups want officials to invest $100 million of new federal pandemic relief funding into Black and brown communities. by Brian Krans June 24, 2021 A coalition of Oakland community organizations held a press conference on Thursday, June 24, to declare violence a public health issue in Oakland and urge Alameda County to prioritize resources to…
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 35 million Americans faced food insecurity. Now, more than 50 million are food insecure, with children and families accounting for a substantial part of the increase. Food insecurity disproportionately impacts racial minorities and low-income populations, and it is especially problematic for those with chronic conditions. For people with diabetes,…
Buy Tickets Want to attend this program for free? Join today at the Monthly Sustaining Membership level and receive a special discount code to use at check out. Click here to join. The global COVID-19 pandemic has revealed more clearly the huge health and health-care disparities between groups that are closely linked with social, economic and/or…
by CBM NewswireJune 7, 2021 Bo Tefu | California Black Media (CBM) – Some health advocates are calling on Gov. Gavin Newsom to treat health inequity in California as a public health crisis – one that is complicated by racism. Their appeal to the governor comes as California state officials propose a $115 million investment…
California has also undercut its already struggling public health system — and missed an opportunity to invest in it. May 24, 2021 by Kaiser Health News Leave a Comment By Angela Hart SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has embraced Silicon Valley tech companies and health care industry titans in response to the…
