La inmunidad contra el COVID-19 no dura para siempre. La vacuna actualizada es necesaria para restaurar la protección de enfermedades graves, hospitalizaciones y muertes. Estamos ofreciendo vacunas GRATUITAS en los siguientes eventos comunitarios GRATUITOS, junto con algunos grandes incentivos como vegetales gratuitos. Puede venir sin cita y no se requiere seguro. Domingo 21 de mayo
On Thursday, June 17, 2021, the American Heart Association (AHA) of Greater Maryland hosted its annual Go Red for Women luncheon, digitally, for the second year in a row due to lingering COVID-19 restrictions. Regardless of the format, it remained a powerful time where, just shy of 100 ladies across Baltimore came together to be
For many of us, the pandemic has changed our routines in unhealthy ways. We may be exercising less, eating an unhealthier diet and experiencing mores stress. What impact will this have on our chances of developing heart disease? Boston 25 News took a look at this issue in a story that aired on Monday. Interviewed
COVID has put a spotlight on public health, along with health disparities and the chronic conditions millions and millions of people in our country live with every day. Right at the top of those conditions are type 2 diabetes and heart disease. The American Heart Association and the American Diabetes Association have launched a campaign
TIME published a story this week looking at data that shows how drastically the risk of COVID-19 infection varies from neighborhood to neighborhood within Boston. Using data from the City Health Dashboard, a project run by New York University Langone Health, TIME mapped Boston and its neighbor across the Charles River, Cambridge, to illustrate how
The following is a guest commentary written by Dr. Ami Bhatt, director of outpatient cardiology at Massachusetts General Hospital and professor at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Bhatt is also the chairwoman of the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women campaign in Boston. Massachusetts is protecting its citizens by extending the timeline for social distancing,
From the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic in Boston, stroke experts Dr. Gioacchino Curiale and Dr. Thanh Nguyen have witnessed the power of partnership. “Whether it is a parent homeschooling their child, an EMT responding to a 911 call, a nurse caring for patients at the bedside, or someone observing the social distancing guidelines,
Recent reports of children experiencing Kawasaki disease, possibly tied to the COVID-19 pandemic, are raising concerns among patients and pediatricians. Most children with COVID-19 are asymptomatic or exhibit only mild symptoms. However, in the past two months, first in Europe, and more recently in the U.S., a small number of children developed a more serious