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Honduran Scientist and Co-Creator of New Covid Vaccine Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

Virginia IsaadFebruary 9, 2022February 9, 2022

by Virginia IsaadFebruary 9, 2022February 9, 202202953

Honduran microbiologist María Elena Bottazzi co-created a low-cost COVID vaccine for global use and now she’s getting major recognition for her work. She and Dr. Peter Hotez led the team at the Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital...

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‘Vaccine Tourists’ from LATAM Are Traveling to U.S. to Get Vaccinated

Virginia IsaadJune 3, 2021

by Virginia IsaadJune 3, 202103287

While the United States is slowly but surely (for now) coming out of the pandemic, some countries in Latin America are continuing to see spikes in Covid cases and deaths. More than one million people in Latin America and the...

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AOC Tours NYC on ‘Vacunabus’ to Make Covid-19 Vaccine Accessible

Virginia IsaadMay 14, 2021

by Virginia IsaadMay 14, 202106081

The Latinx population in the U.S. remains one of the least vaccinated communities despite a desire to get the Covid-19 vaccine. A report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that only about 13 percent of people in...

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Covid Vaccine Program for POC in LA Misused in Affluent Communities

Virginia IsaadFebruary 23, 2021February 23, 2021

by Virginia IsaadFebruary 23, 2021February 23, 202103068

Communities of color in California have had difficulty accessing the Covid-19 vaccine and now a program designed to aid them has been misused by affluent Angelenos, the Los Angeles Times reported. In an investigation the newspaper conducted, they found that...

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Coachella in California is First City in Nation to Give Hero Pay to Farmworkers

Virginia IsaadFebruary 16, 2021February 23, 2021

by Virginia IsaadFebruary 16, 2021February 23, 202104017

The Coachella City Council unanimously approved “hero pay” for certain essential workers and extended the hazard benefits to farmworkers.The emergency ordinance requires certain agricultural operations – in addition to grocery stores, retail pharmacy stores and restaurants – to provide an...

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Women of Color Among First to Get Covid-19 Vaccine in U.S.

Virginia IsaadDecember 15, 2020December 15, 2020

by Virginia IsaadDecember 15, 2020December 15, 202002756

The Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine has shipped throughout the U.S. and frontline health care workers in New York City and Los Angeles are among the first to get it. Intensive care nurse Helen Cordova was inoculated on Monday in a conference...