Category: Health
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City Heights Group Blazes Path For Young Black Men Stuck Inside During Pandemic
The youth group is trying to get young black men hiking — and they’re finding a huge response.
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City Heights Health Center Prepares To Help Patients Survive COVID-19 At Home
As COVID-19 numbers rise across the county, a community health center in City Heights is trying to help those infected to navigate the deadly virus.
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As Mental Health Crisis Builds, City Heights Doctors Turn To Telehealth
As the COVID-19 pandemic and economic downturn continue, communities across the country are seeing an upsurge in mental illness and addiction. In City Heights, a group of addiction specialists has gone online to meet with people in crisis.
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Super Cocina and City Heights Business Association Provide Free Meals To Locals #INCityHeights
Super Cocina and City Heights Business Association team up on a pilot program to provide local residents in need with free meals and a source of income to local restaurants.
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Science Suggests Systemic Racism Causes Stress, Increases Disease Within Black, Brown Communities
Blacks are five times more likely than whites to be hospitalized due to coronavirus. Scientists say stress from chronic systemic racism makes it biologically difficult for people of color to respond to disease.