Free COVID-19 testing, flu vaccine clinic opens in the city
Rochester First
October 5, 2020 - Dr. Linda Clark, Senior Health Advisor at Common Ground Health says it’s important for people to get their flu shot this year because it is possible to get the flu at the same time as COVID-19.
Free COVID-19 testing available at Rochester churches
13 WHAM
October 4, 2020 - Common Ground Health's Senior Health Advisor, Dr. Linda Clark says "We've looked around the community, we know where areas of poverty are."
Health Literacy Empowers Individuals and Communities
NRHI
October 2, 2020 - Phyllis Jackson, Community Wellness Project Manager at Common Ground Health works with salons and barbershops to raise awareness about health disparities.
City churches to host free COVID testing/flu shot clinics amid rise in skepticism
Democrat and Chronicle
October 2, 2020 - Dr. Linda Clark of Common Ground Health said, "I understand the healthy mistrust," of the fast-tracked process for developing a COVID-19 vaccine.
Discussing culturally competent care with the Black Healers Network
WXXI Connections
October 2, 2020 - Black health providers are on a mission to provide culturally competent care for Black patients.
Report ties redlining in Rochester city neighborhoods to susceptibiity to COVID
Democrat and Chronicle
October 1, 2020 - Albert Blankley, Chief Operating Officer of Common Ground Health says substandard housing can lead to illness and early death.
RCSD plans layoffs in food service, school security
Democrat & Chronicle
September 18, 2020 - "It is very clear that thousands of kids on a daily basis are not getting the nutrition they typically get at school," aid Dina Faticone, Director of Community Health and Engagement at Common Ground Health.
New Walk-Up COVID-19 Testing Site Open in Rochester
Spectrum News
September 13, 2020 - Dr. Linda Clark, Senior Health Advisor at Common Ground Health has been out in the community making sure that people, especially black and brown people are getting educated about COVID and how to prevent COVID.
Pilot program brings COVID-19 testing to city’s northwest neighborhood
Rochester First
September 12, 2020 - Dr. Linda Clark of Common Ground Health is among the leaders in the community welcoming everyone to get tested, ask questions, and become educated.
New program provides COVID tests to those who may not be able to get one
WHEC News 10
September 12, 2020 - Dr. Linda Clark, Senior Health Advisor at Common Ground Health is out in the community making sure that black and brown people are getting educated about COVID prevention.
Community partnership to pilot COVID-19 testing site in Rochester
13 WHAM
September 12, 2020 - Common Ground Health is part of a month long initiative to bring walk up coronavirus testing sites to the city's northwest neighborhoods.
New partnership to bring pilot COVID-19 testing site to Rochester
WHEC News 10
September 11, 2020 - Common Ground Health and Jordan Health teamed up for the opening of a pilot COVID-19 testing site in one of the city's northwest neighborhoods.