March 28, 2022

Only 30% of L.A. County kids are vaccinated, months after COVID shots became available

As kids were spilling out of the gates at Helen Keller Elementary School in Lynwood, outreach worker Alma Aracen tried to talk to the parents crowded outside. “We’re offering COVID vaccines,” Aracen said in Spanish to one mother, gesturing to the mobile clinic and tables set up by St. John’s Community Health near the school. […]

VACCINATELA IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS

This work was supported by the W.M. Keck Foundation, by grants UL1TR001855 and UL1TR000130 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS) of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), and by NIH CEAL/STOP COVID-19 CA Grant Number 21-312-0217571-66106L. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.