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Gerard Jenkins

A close up of a person wearing PPEE and holding a COVID test swab
COVID-19

Concerted effort between UCSF, Black organizations, hope to test 1,000 people this Friday and Saturday in Oakland

September 17, 2020 Momo Chang

Two upcoming pop-up test sites hope to test 1,000 African Americans in Oakland, the population with most devastating COVID effects in Alameda County.

An African American man wearing a turquoise shirt speaks on a Zoom presentation.
COVID-19

Dr. Gerard Jenkins, Chief Medical Officer of Native American Health Center, talks COVID-19, health inequities in Oakland

September 16, 2020 Brandy Collins

“One of the things I’ve tried to emphasize to my friends and others is by getting tested and knowing, you’re doing yourself a favor and helping reduce that risk for others.”

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