Lawmakers concerned about New Mexico’s worst-in-the-nation rate of alcohol-related deaths are focused on revising how the state taxes alcohol.
Healthcare Regulation and Reform
Securing the physical, emotional and informational support of doulas.
“Don’t be dismissable,” as one doula advises.
From providing accurate COVID-19 information to advocating for testing and vaccination with cultural sensitivity, these community healthcare workers were key to serving marginalized Hispanic populations.
Prosperous Wellstar system points to losses at Atlanta Medical Center as others question their commitment to serving the community.
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Long-term exposure to the particulate matter released by open agricultural burning has been associated with a suite of health problems, and the communities most affected are majority-Latino.
Nearly two decades of postponing a ban on burning have left clean air advocates dubious that local air regulators will follow through.
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Clean air advocates hope the EPA will step in to strengthen regulations of polluting industries.
One in five Indigenous Chamorros in the Northern Mariana Islands has diabetes, and the demand for dialysis is growing. But the only dialysis centers are on the capital island of Saipan.
Community health workers are often funded with short-term grants, which can deter people from the profession and lead to shortages.