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Volunteers at Hindu temples, Muslim groups and Sikh relief organizations across the United States are mobilizing to support India as the world’s second most populous country struggles to handle a devastating surge of the coronavirus.

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Native Americans take steps to vaccinate and reduce COVID-19 spread

Wed, 2021-02-17 10:38 — mike kraft

Native Americans embrace vaccine, virus containment measures CHEROKEE, N.C. (AP) — Joyce Dugan did not hesitate before sitting down inside the Cherokee Indian Hospital for her second and final dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. “I’m proud of our hospital,” the... AP NEWS

...While minority communities across the United States have struggled to trust the vaccine, the opposite is true for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, a Native American tribe of 16,000 in western North Carolina, and other tribes across the country, which were also quick to adopt coronavirus prevention measures.

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False vaccine claims plague Latino immigrant community, inhibit vaccinations

Fri, 2021-02-12 10:49 — mike kraft

Among Latino immigrants, false vaccine claims are spreading as fast as the virus Just like in the 2020 election, experts say, misleading social media posts and videos in Spanish are less likely to be flagged than those in English. Teo Armus Washington Post

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Role of race in US vaccine rollout sidestepped in Oregon

Fri, 2021-01-29 12:27 — mike kraft

Role of race in US vaccine rollout gets put to the test PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The role that race should play in deciding who gets priority for the COVID-19 vaccine was put to the test Thursday in Oregon, but people of color won't be the specific focus... AP NEWS

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With painstaking effort, Black doctors’ group takes aim at Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy

Fri, 2021-01-22 11:19 — mike kraft

Black doctors' group takes aim at Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy A professional society of African American doctors is trying to learn about communities' concerns — and address them. Eric Boodman STAT

In September, after the Food and Drug Administration authorized Covid-19 treatments based more on presidential puffery than on clinical data, some physicians decided to take matters into their own hands.

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At a glance: Europe's coronavirus curfews and lockdowns

Thu, 2021-01-14 10:35 — mike kraft

At a glance: Europe's coronavirus curfews and lockdowns PARIS (AP) — Across Europe and beyond, countries have a patchwork of curfews and lockdowns of varying strictness to combat the spread of the coronavirus. Here, at a glance, are the measures in... AP NEWS

PARIS (AP) — Across Europe and beyond, countries have a patchwork of curfews and lockdowns of varying strictness to combat the spread of the coronavirus. Here, at a glance, are the measures in place in the European Union’s 27 member nations and some neighboring countries:

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