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How public health partnerships are encouraging COVID-19 vaccination in Mississippi, Michigan, Indiana and South Carolina

  • Written by Debra Furr-Holden, Associate Dean for Public Health Integration, Michigan State University
imageA Delta Health Center worker at a pop-up COVID-19 vaccination clinic in rural Mississippi in April 2021.Spencer Platt/Getty Images

About 18 months into the coronavirus pandemic, roughly 61% of all Americans have gotten at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. In some states, however, the share of vaccinated people is as low as 43.6%. There are many...

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