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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Mandy Cohen described to “Conversations on Health Care” that their role right now is ensuring impacted residents understand the health risks that are present and could continue to grow in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. Dr. Cohen says while local, state and Federal Emergency Management Agency …

Cherokee Health Systems staff distribute supplies to impacted communities in eastern Tennessee. (Photo courtesy of Cherokee Health Systems) Shantelle Simpson’s house had been swept away by Hurricane Helene over the weekend. She and her family were sleeping in her Asheville office, in the North Carolina health center where Simpson is president and CEO. None of …

Charles Drew Health Center, Inc. CEO Kenny McMorris and local dignitaries cut the ribbon on the Teen and Young Adult Health Center, located in the historic Benson district in Omaha, NE (Photo: Charles Drew Health Center, Inc.) Community Health Center leaders like Kenny McMorris understand the patient experience because they lived it. “My mother did …

Field medic packs, equipped with medical essentials for patient care outside of clinic walls, are packed at Direct Relief’s warehouse and bound for Baptist Community Health Services in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Sept. 10, 2024. The region is bracing for high winds and storm surge from Tropical Storm Francine, expected to intensify into a hurricane …

Flooding in Hurricane Debby’s aftermath in early August 2024. Pictured here is Richmond Hill, Georgia, outside of Savannah. The community was inundated with floodwaters, prompting evacuations. (Noah Smith/Direct Relief)Pastor Jay Tucker and Associate Pastor Cathy Tucker thought they had seen the worst of Hurricane Debby after it came through on August 5 and 6. Even …

Diana Garcia Cortes recently celebrated her graduation from the medical assistant program at the Laura Rodriguez Medical Assistant Institute. Garcia Cortes was able to complete the program in under a year and is pictured here with her daughter after graduation. (Photo by Diana Garcia Cortes)It’s been nine months of long, busy days for Diana Garcia …

Community outreach work keeps patients connected to health care services at Community Health Centers in Florida. (Photo courtesy of CHC) Over the past year, patients who rely on Medicaid have been on a roller coaster of changing rules and requirements. More than 24 million people have been disenrolled from the public insurance program since March …

The number of patients accessing primary care at community health centers (CHCs) has surged by nearly a million people in the past year, according to a new analysis from the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) obtained via email. The data, issued as part of National Health Center Week, showed that 32.5 million people …

Armed with a vision of communal engagement and the belief that food is medicine, Ed Shanshala is on a mission to take the lost art of home cooking on the road. “Teaching kitchens are more than just mobile cooking stations,” Shanshala notes. “They are hubs for collaboration and community.” Shanshala, Chief Executive Officer of Ammonoosuc …

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