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The State of Liver Cancer in Latinos
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Dr. Veronica Ramirez: Keeping Her Community Health with Infection Control
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Latino Students are Facing Segregation and Its Endangering Education
Latino students face many systemic barriers to quality education, including a lack of access to preschool and little diversity among teachers. Worse, recent research from the University of Chicago found that the number of low-income Latino children attending schools with middle-class students has fallen by 14% in 15 years. It’s a marker of an underlying issue – …
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