Health
Open spaces, no pharmacies: rural US confronts vaccine void – Sioux City Journal
SURRY, Va. (AP) — When Charlome Pierce searched where her 96-year-old father could get a COVID-19 vaccine in January, she found zero options anywhere near their…
The study listed 69 counties where Black residents were much more likely to have to travel more than a mile to get to a potential vaccination site, including a pharmacy, a hospital or a federally qualified health center. One-third of those counties were urban, including the home counties of cities such as Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, Detroit and New Orleans.
Additionally, the study identified 94 counties where Black residents were significantly more likely than white residents to have to go than 10…
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