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Hispanics In Alaska Lost In Translation

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — On a cold January morning, Lilian Montoya drove from her house to a Covid-19 testing center in Anchorage, Alaska. Her husband had tested positive for the disease a couple of days before, as […]

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Bolsas vacías: adultos mayores empacadores se quedan sin trabajo

En un país como México, donde los empleos escasean y las personas mayores muchas veces no cuentan con apoyo, la pandemia ha alterado una de sus fuentes de ingresos más confiables. Muchas personas ‘de la […]

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Midwifery Is A Centuries-Old Tradition In Mexico 

Considered Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO, midwifery has contributed much to obstetrical knowledge. In Mexico, it is a centuries-old tradition. Midwives were highly respected figures in pre-Hispanic Mexico and still are among indigenous communities. The […]

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COVID-19: One year anniversary, then and now

By Janice K. Neal-Vincent, PhD, Contributing Writer, Drs. Thomas Dobbs (State Health Officer) and Paul Byers (State Epidemiologist) joined forces with Jim Craig (Senior Deputy and Director of Health Protection) in a Zoom press conference […]

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Groundbreaking Center For Combating Pandemics Launched In Israel

In what is believed to be a global first, Israel’s Tel Aviv University has launched a new initiative to better understand the novel coronavirus and battle future pandemics. Despite tens of millions of COVID-19 cases […]

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App Helps Businesses Detect Presence Of In-House Covid-19

JERUSALEM — As pandemic restrictions ease and more workers return to their workplaces, employers are seeking a way to detect when someone infected with Covid-19 is on site. VizibleZone, an Israeli startup whose original product is […]