Cuyahoga County’s vaccination rates range from 90% in wealthier suburban areas to 30% in low-income Cleveland communities, aligning with the region’s health disparities along racial and socioeconomic lines, according to data obtained by The Land.
The surveys, called community health needs assessments, aim to identify social and environmental factors that impact health outcomes.
About 30 Clevelanders gathered inside a nondescript strip mall storefront in Central last Wednesday for a night of vulnerability. They were there for what they called “Ghetto Therapy,” a series of raw conversations about spirituality, mental health, and healing.
More than a dozen gun violence prevention organizations, unified under the moniker Project Ripple, gathered together in Hough over the weekend to demand local officials take action to address the gun violence epidemic in Cleveland.
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