Covid-19 Testing Crunch Hampers Efforts to Curb Omicron Variant Surge
Already strapped hospitals and health departments are struggling to keep up with demand. Read the full article from wsj.com here.
How to find an at home COVID test in Northeast Ohio
Looking to find a rapid antigen COVID-19 test in Northeast Ohio? Sara Shookman may have some details that can help you track one down! Read [...]
Neighborhood Family Practice builds trust to vaccinate near west side’s marginalized communities
Neighborhood Family Practice earned one of the Ohio Commission on Hispanic Latino Affairs' Nuestra Familia Awards “for winning the trust of Latino families and building [...]
Vaccine for Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Neighborhood Family Practice (NFP) is pleased to offer COVID-19 vaccines to those living in our community who meet the Ohio Department of Health’s guidelines [...]
Cleveland nonprofit giving out food boxes and COVID-19 vaccine to Northeast Ohioans in need
The May Dugan center is working to fight hunger, and the pandemic, in an innovative way. More than 100 cars lined up today in [...]
Pandemic highlighted barriers Hispanic residents are facing, Cleveland councilwoman says
The Hispanic community in Cleveland is tight-knit, family-driven, and one of the fastest growing populations, representing 13% of the city. Forty percent of Cleveland Councilwoman [...]
Neighborhood Family Practice partners with Cleveland Hearing & Speech Center to provide COVID-19 vaccines to deaf and hard of hearing individuals
The ultimate goal of the COVID-19 vaccine is to save lives and slow the spread of the virus. For many, access is simple. For [...]
Providers of underserved communities work toward equitable vaccine distribution
Though COVID-19 vaccine availability is accelerating, the demand continues to outpace the supply, necessitating a lot of creativity among providers as they work toward [...]
Primary care doctors’ visits increase as Ohioans are vaccinated against COVID
When the pandemic hit last spring, doctors and dentist offices shut down, in part to preserve scarce masks and gloves. When they reopened, though, some [...]
Lakewood City, Schools, Health Care Provider Band Together To Deliver Vaccinations
The City of Lakewood, the Lakewood City Schools, and Neighborhood Family Practice announced today a vaccination clinic with the capacity to administer 200 COVID-19 vaccines. [...]
Lakewood, Lakewood City Schools and Neighborhood Family Practice team up for first COVID-19 vaccination clinic
Despite the fact that it didn’t take long to fill 200 available COVID-19 vaccine appointment slots -- announced yesterday (March 9) -- Lakewood officials are [...]
Research offers solution to racial disparities in COVID-19 vaccine distribution
A new report from The Center for Community Solutions found just how stark racial disparities are when it comes to COVID-19 vaccine distribution in Cuyahoga County. The [...]
Cleveland Hispanic community receives much-needed vaccines at pop-up location
Members of the Northeast Ohio’s Hispanic community received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccines today at La Sagrada Familia Church on Detroit Avenue. “I’m very [...]
Ohio Department of Health teaming with Neighborhood Family Practice and La Sagrada Familia Church for COVID-19 vaccine clinic
The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) is teaming up with Neighborhood Family Practice (NFP) to make COVID-19 vaccines more easily available to members of the [...]
Neighborhood Family Practice Names Vice President of Human Resources & Chief Diversity Officer
Jean Polster, RN, MS, president and chief executive officer of Neighborhood Family Practice (NFP), announced the appointment of Michelle R. Curry to the position of [...]
Before Biden Can Up Refugee Arrivals, Resettlement Groups Need To Rebuild
Many people in Mayele Degaule Ngemba’s Congolese community in Cleveland have been waiting for family who were supposed to join them here — only to [...]
Federally qualified health center in Cleveland focused on offering vaccine to communities hit hard by COVID-19
As more people receive the COVID-19 vaccine, there’s a push to vaccinate the most vulnerable. The most vulnerable in Cleveland include communities that were hit [...]
Rotary Foundation Awards $68,427 In Local Grants
Grants totaling $68,427 from the Lakewood-Rocky River Rotary Foundation will be used to provide scholarships, encourage student achievement, fight hunger, and foster programs for community [...]
Food drives and stuffed trucks: CDCs provide holiday season support for Cleveland neighborhoods
The most wonderful time of the year looks a bit different in 2020, but Cleveland’s community development corporations (CDCs) have been operating amid change since [...]
At one urban health center, ‘regulatory change was critical’ to telehealth success
Cleveland-based Neighborhood Family Practice is a federally qualified health center that sees more than 21,000 patients a year through 80,000 visits at its seven health [...]