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Virtual town hall Friday on vaccine hesitancy among marginalized communities

Black Alabamians and other marginalized groups are being vaccinated for COVID-19 in much fewer numbers than white Alabamians, and to help address vaccine hesitancy in minority communities, leaders from Tuskegee University and the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine will hold a virtual town hall on Friday.

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ASU part of state consortium that aims to reduce misinformation about COVID-19 in communities of color

Researchers at Arizona State University's Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center, along with colleagues at Arizona’s two other state universities and Mayo Clinic, are working to reduce misinformation and mistrust about the COVID-19 pandemic among people disproportionately affected by it.

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Community Health Workers, Often Overlooked, Bring Trust to the Pandemic Fight

Public health authorities are relying on community health workers to be a bridge to communities that have been hardest hit by COVID-19.

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