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NEW YORK It was a very Good Friday for Mayor Eric Adams, who was baptized with inmates at the Rikers Island jail in what he said was a recommitment to the city and to his faith.

This is Resurrection Sunday coming up, Adams told the New York Daily News just two days before Easter, the holiest day on the Christian calendar. We should all look at not only how we can resurrect our city, but how we can resurrect our own personal spaces.

Adams was joined at the jail by the Rev. Herbert Daughtry, pastor of Brooklyns House of the Lord Pentecostal Church, and the Rev. Al Sharpton, president of the National Action Network.

The two ministers baptized Adams and 11 inmates Adams had met with through a prison ministry program called Fatherless No More, which focuses on rehabilitating incarcerated men.

Adams stressed the importance of mentors in the lives of young black men, and credited Daughtry for steering him in the right direction.

Rev,. Daughtry really put me on this pathway to be a police officer and a mayor, said Adams, a former New York Police Department captain. He said you need to funnel all that energy you have in a real direction.

The mayors Good Friday visit was his second trip to Rikers this week. After witnessing inmates get baptized on his visit Tuesday, he promised he would be back, and do the deed himself.

COVID-19 restrictions forced Rikers to shut down the baptismal pool in the prisons chapel.

To baptize Adams and the others, Sharpton and Daughtry leaned them back, poured water on their heads and then washed their feet, as Jesus, according to the Bible, washed the feet of his disciples.

Its a symbol of cleaning your pathway from where you were to where you are going, Adams said I could have done it in any church in the city. But I wanted to do it on Rikers Island. I wanted to send a message that they are not forgotten by this mayor.

Adams, who said he was first baptized 40 years ago, said the ceremony was very moving.

We sat side-by-side as we took our shoes off to have our feet washed together, Adams said. Youd have to see the faces of those inmates seeing the mayor right in the pews with them looking at them and not down at them.

Adams said the rehabilitation of Rikers inmates is just as important to him as the safety of the citys correction officers.

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SHELBY COUNTY, Tenn. - The Reverend Al Sharpton is coming to Memphis Tuesday to give the eulogy for Ramon McGhee, a Shelby County Jail inmate who died after "severe neglect" and "severe body insect infestations", according to his preliminary autopsy.

McGhee's family told FOX13 that the 42-year-old was covered in lice and bed burgs when he arrived at a hospital on January 12, 2024, two days after he was found unresponsive at 201 Poplar.

RELATED: Prelim autopsy of 201 Poplar inmate shows 'severe body insect infestations'

Rev. Sharpton will deliver McGhee's eulogy at his memorial service at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church on Tuesday, March 5 at noon.

Gershun Freeman, Deion Byrd and Marcus Donald, other Shelby County Jail inmates who died, will be eulogized alongside McGhee, according to the office of attorney Ben Crump who represents McGhee's family.

Families of all the inmates are expected to be in attendance alongside Crump and Rev. Sharpton.

Two deputy jailers were charged with murder after video was released showing a lengthy physical altercation between Freeman and several jailers at 201 Poplar.

RELATED: 2 deputy jailers charged with murder, several others with assault in Gershun Freeman's death, sources tell FOX13

Deion Byrd died after being stabbed by another inmate outside of a courtroom at 201 Poplar, according to investigators.

RELATED: FOX13 Investigates: Family of 201 inmate killed files wrongful death lawsuit

Marcus Donald had recently had his case dismissed and was waiting to be released when he was placed in a cell with Stephen Robinson. Robinson strangled Donald to death and pled guilty to his murder in November of 2023.

RELATED: Shelby County inmate who killed man waiting to be released pleads guilty to murder

According to McGhee's preliminary autopsy, the 42-year-old suffered from "a multitude of ailments" due to neglect, including severe anemia, kidney disease and organ failure/severe sepsis.

Crump called the preliminary autopsy findings "evidence of the abuse and intolerable treatment constantly experienced by inmates."

The Shelby County Sheriff's Office released a statement following McGhee's death, calling it "unacceptable" and saying that corrective measures have been put in place.

"The jail struggles daily with mentally ill residents, particularly those who refuse medication and treatment for medical issues. Some of them, unfortunately, use their bodily waste to stain their cell walls and floors. Their cells are cleaned daily and multiple time a day, if needed. These cell conditions are not commonplace in the jail. Many of our mentally ill residents belong in treatment facilities, not this jail," the sheriff's office said, in part.

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Call Comes as Transplant Recipients on Medicare Mark One Year Without Access to Blood Test Able to Catch Rejections Early

NEW YORK, March 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Health Equity in Transplantation Coalition (HEiTC) representing Black, Brown, and minority transplant patients nationwide is calling on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to restore Medicare coverage for critical diagnostic blood tests without any ties to biopsies. Last week, CMS issued a revised Billing Article and public statement highlighting a revision to its March 2023 coverage policy, which linked the administration of blood tests to a biopsy. In a statement from HEiTC Executive Chairman Al B. Sure! and Senior Advisor Rev. Al Sharpton, the Coalition noted the change does not clarify the level of access that Medicare recipients have to life-saving care.

"We appreciate that CMS has taken steps to address the confusion caused by the March 2023 billing article across the country, doctors stopped administering blood tests to patients on Medicare on the grounds that they would no longer be covered. But the CMS revision and statement last week does not clarify whether access to these tests for organ transplant recipients on Medicare is tied to a biopsy. Biopsies are painful, risky, and are often prescribed too late by that point, organ rejection may have already begun. The purpose of these blood tests is to catch a rejection before it happens, which is nearly impossible if they are linked to a biopsy. We pray that is no longer the case, and we urge CMS to publicly clarify to the transplant community, healthcare providers, and all others whether that is the case.

The lack of clarity on this issue continues to put a vulnerable population of overwhelmingly Black and Brown transplant recipients at risk. This is an injustice against those on public health insurance, who rely on it to help with their daily journey toward recovery. They have now been left without a shield for a year as they fight against this bureaucratic confusion. We will not give up on the fight, as we continue to call on CMS to fully restore Medicare coverage for these tests as it works to finalize its coverage policy. A year of confusion shouldn't set the precedent for a lifetime of uncertainty."

The milestone anniversary comes as Al B! and Rev. Sharpton last week applauded BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina for its decision to cover routine cell-free DNA testing for kidney and heart transplant patientswithout any ties to biopsies.

These lifesaving tests are critical to detect possible early signs of organ rejection, even before there are apparent clinical signs or symptoms, and enable medical intervention to protect the transplanted organ.One year ago,Palmetto GBA, a private Medicare Administrative Contractor that runs the MolDX program scaledback coverageof these non-invasivediagnostic tests. Lawmakers from both sides of the aislehaveweighed in. In August, abipartisan letter signed by 14 members of the House of Representativesled by Reps. Anna Eschoo (D-CA) and Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX), expressing concerns about the March rollbacks was sent to CMS and earlier this year, Congressional Black Caucus Chair Steven Horsford also raised this issuein a letterto CMS and the Department of Health and Human Services.

Organ transplant care is critical for Black, Hispanic and Latino Americans, who together represent 40 percent of transplants in the U.S. well above the 32 percent of the general U.S. population. Additionally, Black Americans rank lowest in graft and patient survival among recipients of solid organ transplants, due in part to higher immunological risk leading to higher rejection rates, making blood tests a critical component of their post-transplant care. Compounding the issue, an astounding 50 percent of those on the 100,000 person transplant waiting list are Black or Hispanic/Latino, making access to transplantation and equitable post-transplant care an important and growing issue in this community.

Press Contact: Rachel Noerdlinger[emailprotected]

SOURCE Health Equity in Transplantation Coalition

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A crowd of more than 1,200 doctors, nurses, hospital workers, and community members joined union members and elected officials to shut down a section of Clarkson Avenue across from SUNY Downstate University Hospital on Thursday to loudly express their support for keeping Downstate open and condemn the Governors plan to close it.

United University Professions (UUP), the nations largest higher education union, hosted the Brooklyn Needs Downstate rally. UUP was joined by other national and statewide labor leaders from the American Federation of Teachers, the New York State AFL-CIO, NYSUT, PEF, and the New York State Nurses Association. The noon rally drew faculty and staff from Downstate, residents, medical students, patients, and community members who gathered in solidarity with UUP to show Governor Hochul why she needs to rethink her plan to close SUNY Downstate Hospital.

A group of Brooklyn faith leaders spoke at the rally, as did several Brooklyn-area state legislators, including Senator Zellnor Myrie, who has loudly opposed the governors plan to close SUNY Downstate Hospital. Speakers noted that decades of neglect and disinvestment by the state have threatened patients access to equitable, high-quality health care services in Brooklyn.

Union leaders are calling for the governor to immediately stop the closure plan and convene an inclusive and deliberative public process in which the community and all other stakeholders are meaningfully engaged. This process should focus on developing a sustainability plan for Downstate that maintains the hospital as a free-standing facility that can provide core specialty services and other critical health care services the Central Brooklyn community needs and deserves. Read more here!

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