Nationwide health outreach program comes to Hartford NBC Connecticut [Video]

The National Institute of Health has been in Hartford since Tuesday talking with people about their health.  

The All of Us Research Program is an initiative meant to engage people in underserved communities about healthcare.

It gives participants free screenings and helps collect information for researchers on how to better serve people in communities like Hartford.

“Since everybody comes from different lifestyles and we’re trying to come with that precise medicine that will specifically work for your genetics,” tour leader Ben Escobedo said.  

The All of Us Tour has been at the Hispanic Health Council at 590 Park Road, where it will be again Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.  

It will then move to the Hartford Public Library’s branch at 1250 Albany Avenue Tuesday through Friday.  

Hartford resident Luis Garcia stopped for the hour-long checkup after he discovered the tour while riding his bicycle.  

“I want to prevent, for example, cancer,” Garcia said.  

Garcia said he goes …