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Neighborhood Family Practice and Metro West recruit businesses serving Hispanic (Latinx) community for Community Cares Pledge Program
by Jack Barnes (Plain Press, January 2021) “Las Dos Fronteras invites you to maintain your distance and wear your mask supporting Neighborhood Family Practice and Metro West!” reads a post from Jesus Amelia Lucero, in Spanish, on her restaurant’s Facebook page. The post includes a video showing off the taqueria’s COVID precautions like floor stickers and…
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COVID-19 is real, please wear a mask to save lives
To the editor: (Plain Press, January 2021) People have to realize that COVID-19 not only is real, but that it is just a passing “thing”, like influenza or the polio epidemics were in the past. If people continue congregating in public places (read “bars, parties, football stadia) as they are, just by being there; they are…
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Black Lives Matter in Cuyahoga County speaks out about lead-poisoning of children in Cleveland
To the editor: (Plain Press, January 2021) In March of 2021, a law will go into effect requiring landlords who own rental properties in the city of Cleveland to certify that those properties are lead safe. The law is necessary because some landlords and realtor associations are willing to allow families to rent lead toxic properties…
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COVID-19 effects are not just physical
COVID-19 effects are not just physical by Pat Takacs, MSN, RN (Plain Press, December 2020) COVID-19 effects are not just physical–as devastating as these are to the person infected. It also has emotional, mental, and spiritual effects. Everyone deals with anxiety from this virus in different ways. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
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Diabetes Health Tips for 2020 Holiday Season
Diabetes Health Tips for 2020 Holiday Season (Plain Press, December 2020) Be safe: Wear a mask, maintain social distance, wash hands frequently and sanitize heavily used surfaces like door handles, countertops, faucets, etc. when outside of home. Don’t reuse disposable masks, wash cloth masks frequently and try to use paper towels when touching shared surfaces. Use caution…
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Neighborhood Family Practice awarded over $350,000 from Three Arches Foundation
Neighborhood Family Practice awarded over $350,000 from Three Arches Foundation (Plain Press, December 2020) On November 18th, Neighborhood Family Practice announced that it was the recipient of two grant awards totaling $356,202 from the Three Arches Foundation. The first is part of a joint award with Barton Senior Center and Lakewood Senior Citizens Service Corp to…
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Researchers turn to HIV/AIDS clinical trial network for help in building Black Clevelanders’ trust in COVID-19 studies
Researchers turn to HIV/AIDS clinical trial network for help in building Black Clevelanders’ trust in COVID-19 studies by Rachel Dissell and Brie Zeltner (Plain Press, November 2020) It took more than a decade of participation on the Community Advisory Board at University Hospitals’ AIDS clinical trial unit for Ray Allmond, who is Black, to understand the…
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Black physicians help build trust in clinical trials, medical care after decades of community skepticism, mistreatment
Black physicians help build trust in clinical trials, medical care after decades of community skepticism, mistreatment by Rachel Dissell and Brie Zeltner (Plain Press, November 2020) Dr. Jackson Wright is successful at recruiting Black patients to participate in his research studies. That’s in part because he — and much of his team — look like them. …
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