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Church to add COVID-19 vaccines to Englewood prevention program | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Will test at churches, businesses By Chinta Strausberg As public health officials work to immunize the population, inequities in the rates of vaccination in communities of color continue to reflect disparities. To address these disproportions, health officials are establishing clinics and sites within the actual communities where disparities have persisted. The hope is that the relationship […]

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