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Community experts and advocates expect the overturn of Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey to disproportionately impact people of color across the...
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The Massachusetts House unanimously cleared a mental and behavioral health bill last Thursday, representatives now have around six weeks to adjust their plan alongside...
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The Dept. of Public Health’s COVID-19 Vaccine Dashboard reports that 30-percent of the Hispanic-Latino population has received at least one dose of the vaccine, the...
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As COVID-19 forced isolation and financial hardship, opioid cases reached a grim milestone in the United States – more than 81,000 overdose deaths. That’s...
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The missteps in the COVID-19 vaccine distribution were predictable. How could anyone expect better from a broken health care system riddled with barriers for...
Health
Six weeks into Mass General Brigham (MGB) vaccination campaign, about 70-percdnt of its 80,000 workers have been immunized. But, according to a report by...
Health
Lawrence is a city with one of the highest concentrations of Hispanics -Latinos in Massachusetts (77 percent of the city population). Similar to the state’s...
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Commissioner of the MA Dept. of Environmental Protection discusses how air pollution is increasing mortality rates, specifically, among people of color.
Health
As the first shots are given this week in the United State’s mass vaccination campaign, turning the page on a new chapter in the...
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"Latinos are one of the fastest growing vaping groups in the U.S.”
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Structural racism is rampant in the state’s prisons and jails, a special legislative commission found in a study released today. The 71-page report, based...
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MA Latino News produces and amplifies stories focused on the responses to the social determinants of health. Social and Community Context is the connection between characteristics...