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Black hospital faces vaccine mistrust from unlikely source | Afro

By LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) — In a makeshift vaccination center at a safety-net Chicago hospital, a patient services aide ushers an older woman with a cane toward a curtained cubicle. “Here, have a seat right here,” Trenese Bland says helpfully, preparing the woman for a shot offering protection against the virus […]

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