Harvard Professor Addresses Language Barriers in Medical Care
BOSTON—Born to Dominican immigrant parents in a low-income neighborhood in Brooklyn, Gezzer Ortega never thought he would be working with […]
What should sex ed look like in Massachusetts?
BOSTON—A bill seeking comprehensive sex education in the state’s public schools is moving forward in the Legislature, on a topic
Community Experts Prepare for Abortion Restrictions’ Disproportionate Impact on BIPOC
Community experts and advocates expect the overturn of Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey to disproportionately impact people
Mass. House seeks to Combat Mental Health Crisis Heightened by COVID-19
The Massachusetts House unanimously cleared a mental and behavioral health bill last Thursday, representatives now have around six weeks to
Mobile clinic hopes to close gap in COVID vaccine distribution
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
Language seen as a barrier in helping Latinos overcome opioid crisis
As COVID-19 forced isolation and financial hardship, opioid cases reached a grim milestone in the United States – more than
Column: The Community Can Deliver A Better COVID-19 Message Than Health Officials
The missteps in the COVID-19 vaccine distribution were predictable. How could anyone expect better from a broken health care system
Mass General Brigham takes action to narrow health inequity gap
Six weeks into Mass General Brigham (MGB) vaccination campaign, about 70-percdnt of its 80,000 workers have been immunized. But, according
Due to COVID vaccine inequity, Lawrence takes matters into its own hands
Lawrence is a city with one of the highest concentrations of Hispanics -Latinos in Massachusetts (77 percent of the city population).
MALN Opinion+: Martin Suuberg
Commissioner of the MA Dept. of Environmental Protection discusses how air pollution is increasing mortality rates, specifically, among people of color.
Poll: Latinos are distrustful of getting the COVID-19 vaccine
As the first shots are given this week in the United State’s mass vaccination campaign, turning the page on a
Vaping could cause COVID-19 to be more severe
“Latinos are one of the fastest growing vaping groups in the U.S.”