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Yet Texas, with a $33 billion budget surplus, spends far less on this devastating form of dementia than other large states. This project is a collaboration between Public Health Watch and Univision.

Many Hispanics are being left in the dark about long Covid. This is what some patients have learned through self-advocacy. Lee artículo en español.

A new Univision News poll in partnership with UnidosUS found that Hispanics in areas with non-traditional Latino communities report more problems due to Covid-19. President Joe Biden's approval among Hispanics overall is nearly 80%, while almost 9 in every 10 approve of the latest economic stimulus package. Leer en español.

In Fresno, California, the coronavirus pandemic has magnified damage caused by decades of discriminatory housing practices. Residents of its poorest neighborhoods, mostly people of color, face eviction at a higher rate than their white neighbors.

Christmas 1940 was the worst of all times in Britain. Most of Europe had fallen to the Nazis and Hitler was trying to bomb London into submission. My father, aged 20, was training to be an Air Force pilot though he had his misgivings about bombing Germany. (Leer en español)

Katalin Karikó saw her early research rejected but she persisted and is now tipped for a Nobel Prize together with her colleague Dr Drew Weissman. Their breakthrough invention is now the key to the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines, and could open the door to new medical cures. (Leer en español)

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The Latino population is more reluctant than most other groups to get the flu vaccine and often pays a high price with their health. Why are they so wary of vaccines and could that also be an indicator of who is willing to get a covid-19 vaccine?

At the peak of the pandemic, nearly half of positive covid-19 cases in North Carolina were among Latinos, despite just being 9.6% of the population. In the absence of adequate state or federal support, a group of Latina doctors and activists is taking the community’s health into their own hands. (Leer en español)