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Cancer Series: Lung Cancer

     Cancer is a term that describes a collection of related diseases. Cancer occurs when some of the body’s cells divide continuously and invade surrounding cells. Cancerous cells can start anywhere in the body and spread to localized regions (around the point of origin) and then to distant parts of the body, away from the site of origin. […]

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Health Foundation of South Florida, Miami-Dade and Broward counties partner to launch locally produced, multi-media COVID vaccine education initiative

The Health Foundation of South Florida, in partnership with Miami-Dade County and Broward County, today announced a major communications effort encouraging South Florida residents to be vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus. The “I Did It!” campaign, a first-of-its-kind, cross-county effort spotlighting local people and leaders, is designed to reach some of the region’s most vulnerable neighborhoods that have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic, in primarily Black and Latino communities.   […]