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Community Health Nurse Charlotte Wallace of Luminis Health talks to Joanne Long about the COVID-19 vaccine she’s about to receive at the Capitol Heights salon where Long is a regular client. Below, Long’s granddaughter, Jaelyn Moses (at left), and daughter, Chantell Long (center), talk to salon owner and community health advocate Katrina Randolph, a participant in UMD’s HAIR program.(Photos by Stephanie S. Cordle)

An aerial view of Puebla's cathedral with the main square to the left.

Tom is under medical care for depression. He takes his medication and sees his clinician at regular intervals. But between visits, he sometimes believes he is getting worse. He feels sluggish, he thinks and talks more slowly, and occasionally the idea of suicide comes into his mind. But he doesn’t want to bother his clinician. He makes it to his next appointment, where his clinician notices the changes and adjusts his medication, but he wonders whether what he experienced between office visits could have been dealt with more quickly.