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St. Mark UMC Sponsors Community Health Fair
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St. Mark UMC Sponsors Community Health Fair

Cora Jackson-Fossett, Religion EditorSeptember 21, 2022

USC School of Pharmacy and LA Recovery Connect co-host event featuring free vaccines and screenings Scores of people filled the campus of St. Mark United Methodist Church to take advantage of the many free resources available at the Community Health Fair on Saturday, Sept. 10. USC School of Pharmacy and LA Recovery Connect co-sponsored the afternoon event, which offered COVID and flu vaccines, wellness screenings, and educational booths. The program also included raffle prizes, musical entertainment and nutritious refreshments. In addition, the health fair featured a fentanyl awareness panel discussion and training on using Naloxone, which counters fentanyl overdoses. The

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L.A. Care Awards $3.6 Million for Physician Recruitment

Sentinel News ServiceJanuary 25, 2019

L.A. Care Health Plan, the largest publicly-operated health plan in the country, has announced the first round of Provider Recruitment Program grants as part of its Elevating the Safety Net initiative. The mission of the $31 million initiative is to recruit highly-qualified primary care physicians to the Los Angeles County safety net. The safety net is comprised of health care providers who offer access to care regardless of a patient’s ability to pay, and whose patient population includes a substantial share of the Medicaid population and the uninsured.