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Why Black And Latino People Still Lag On COVID Vaccines — And How To Fix It

19/07/2021 06:00am | 2480 views

There are a lot of ways Dr. Kent Bream would describe the lines of people waiting, sometimes for hours, for COVID-19 vaccines at his community health clinic in West Philadelphia. Eager. Impatient. Frustrated, even. But "hesitant" doesn't come to mind.

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To Fight Off Diabetes, Latina Women Find Power in a Group

27/10/2016 12:00pm | 8496 views

The goal is to intervene early so that fewer Latino women develop Type 2 diabetes.

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Changes for Colon Cancer Screening: 5 Things to Know Now

02/08/2016 01:42am | 6802 views

It's a predictable passage in life: Hit 50, get lots of birthday cards with old-age jokes, a mailbox full of AARP solicitations — and a colonoscopy.

 

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Do You Speak Health Insurance? It's Not Easy

29/02/2016 06:00am | 7267 views

Solicit opinions about health insurance and you're almost guaranteed to find consensus: It's mystifying and irritating.

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Hispanic Cancer Rates Show How It Matters Where You Come From

26/02/2016 06:00am | 6969 views

Hispanic people much are less likely to get cancer than non-Hispanic whites, but it's also their leading cause of death.

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