{"id":2736,"date":"2021-04-08T14:14:28","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T19:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/avenue360.org\/?p=2736"},"modified":"2022-01-05T16:12:40","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T21:12:40","slug":"april-is-national-minority-health-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/avenue360.org\/blog\/april-is-national-minority-health-month\/","title":{"rendered":"April is\u00a0National Minority Health Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2739 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/avenue360.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/NMHM-logo_2021_options_eng-2-high.jpeg\" alt=\"Nmhm Logo 2021 Options Eng 2 High\" width=\"411\" height=\"255\" \/>April is\u00a0National Minority Health Month, a time to raise awareness about health disparities that continue to affect racial and ethnic minority groups. The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted the African American and Latino communities \u2013 making up <a href=\"https:\/\/covid-harriscounty.hub.arcgis.com\/pages\/data-and-demographics\">62%<\/a> of the positive cases in Harris County.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Vaccines have shown to be safe and effective at helping protect people from getting the virus. In Harris County, only <a href=\"https:\/\/covid-harriscounty.hub.arcgis.com\/pages\/vaccine-info\">16%<\/a> of African Americans and <a href=\"https:\/\/covid-harriscounty.hub.arcgis.com\/pages\/vaccine-info\">29%<\/a> of Hispanics have received their vaccines. The COVID-19 vaccine is an important tool to help us get back together with our families, communities, schools, and workplaces &#8212; and bringing an end to the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nimhd.nih.gov\/programs\/edu-training\/nmhm\/\">National Institute on Minority Health &amp; Health Disparities<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/covid-harriscounty.hub.arcgis.com\/pages\/data-and-demographics\">Harris County Public Health<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April is\u00a0National Minority Health Month, a time to raise awareness about health disparities that continue to affect racial and ethnic minority groups. The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted the African American and Latino communities \u2013 making up 62% of the positive cases in Harris County. 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