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Hot off the Press! Grand opening of the first independent comprehensive trans healthcare center nationwide: “Transhealth Northampton”!

This week marks the grand opening of the first independent comprehensive trans healthcare center nationwide: “Transhealth Northampton”! Dallas Ducar, one of HOCC’s Board members, is the founding  CEO of Transhealth Northampton. Transhealth Northampton (THNH)was...

Read more May 7, 2021 at 8:50 pm

We Want You To Know: The CDC reports, “More Time Needed to Assess Data and Risks on Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Pause.”

We Want You To Know: The CDC reports, “More Time Needed to Assess Data and Risks on Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Pause.” The advisory committee for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention met...

Read more April 15, 2021 at 9:52 am

We Want You to Know: Yesterday the CDC and the FDA recommended vaccine providers to pause on administering the J&J vaccine

We Want You to Know: Yesterday the CDC and the FDA have recommended vaccine providers to pause on administering the J&J vaccine As of April 12, nearly seven (7) million J&J doses have been...

Read more April 14, 2021 at 1:09 pm

We Want You to Know: Healthy sleep is important for both physical and mental health.!

COVID-19 has created so much stress and uncertainty in our lives that nearly everything has turned upside down. Even now, despite having vaccines available, we have new anxiety about how and when we will...

Read more April 12, 2021 at 12:00 pm

We Want You To Know: Honest vaccine conversations with Black and Brown people

The Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) steps up this week and shares an essential message to start an open and honest vaccine conversation. Please take a moment to listen to CHA providers talk about our...

Read more April 9, 2021 at 9:26 am

We Want You To Know: Key Things to Know About COVID-19

We Want You To Know: Key Things to Know About COVID-19 Fact: Your best protection from COVID-19 is a combination of knowing all you can about COVID-19, knowing the science-based facts, wearing a mask,...

Read more April 8, 2021 at 8:47 pm

We Want You To Know: April is National Minority Health Month

OMH Announces Theme for National Minority Health Month: #VaccineReady The HHS Office of Minority Health (OMH) has selected Vaccine Ready as this year’s NMHM theme. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on...

Read more April 1, 2021 at 10:58 am

We Want You to Know: Myths and Facts about COVID-19 Vaccines

COVID-19 vaccines are effective at protecting you from getting sick. Based on what the CDC reports about COVID-19 vaccines, people who have been fully vaccinated can start to do some things that they had...

Read more March 18, 2021 at 7:28 pm

We Want You to Know: Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated People – How to Protect Yourself and Others.

Based on the CDC recommendations: It’s important to know “What’s Changed” if you’ve been fully vaccinated and “What Hasn’t Changed” for now, if you’ve been fully vaccinated. To be “fully” vaccinated What’s Changed? If...

Read more March 18, 2021 at 6:40 pm

It’s Important to Know: When Are You Considered To Be Fully Vaccinated?

According to the CDC, people are considered fully vaccinated when: 1)   2 weeks after their second dose in a 2-dose series, like the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, or 2)   2 weeks after a single-dose...

Read more March 18, 2021 at 5:55 pm
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We Want You To Know… May 7th is HOCC’s 11th Annual Health Fair Virtual – The Importance of Women’s Health.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office on Women’s Health leads National Women’s Health Week to encourage all women to be as healthy as possible. During National Women’s Health Week each...

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We Want You to Know…It’s important to embrace that healthy eating evolves as we age and we have very different nutritional needs as we age.

“Food is Medicine” is a concept that reaffirms the connection of recognizing that access to high-quality nourishment is essential for well-being.  Today’s post is to refresh our prior discussion about how the Mediterranean...

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HOCC’s mission is to empower women living with, affected by, or at risk for HIV by creating and maintaining a collaborative group of care providers and consumers whose shared purpose is to: improve health literacy and self-care; advance knowledge about women’s experience of HIV/AIDS and other disease processes; enhance problem-solving capacities and self-advocacy; promote healthy lifestyle & behavior changes; create solutions together to prevent HIV infection and transmission; reduce health disparities in women of color; and improve access to and retention in optimal care settings.

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