Black History Month
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Health and wellness in the Black community is a focus in AJC’s Black History Month series

Sickle cell advocate Blaze Eppinger has started a petition seeking better care for adult patients.National Institutes of Health guides state medical personnel “rapidly initiate analgesic therapy within 30 minutes of triage or within 60 minutes of registration.”.Eppinger says adult sufferers usually wait hours for pain medication.Sickle cell gets its name from red blood cells being shaped like crescent moons, or sickles, instead of being round.These cells block blood flow and oxygen, causing pain in the chest, joints and bones
By AJC Staff
Feb 1, 2022

This year, the AJC’s Black History Month series will focus on the role of health and wellness in the Black community.

In addition to the traditional stories that we do on African American pioneers, these pieces will run in our Living and A sections every day this month.

You can also go to ajc.com/black-history-month for more subscriber exclusives on the African American people, places and organizations that have changed the world.

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