Latinos are the fastest-growing minority group in Minnesota. Tens of thousands of mostly-Mexican immigrants have settled in the state in the last decade, and much of that growth has happened outside of the Twin Cities in smaller communities like Rochester, Worthington and Faribault.
She asked what the milk was for. I proudly told her my brand new resolution as an immigrant intent on assimilation - to learn to like milk and cheese. How one health researcher learned firsthand about the "immigrant paradox."
Unreported medical errors, a startling rise in military health spending, and a breast cancer shocker for a TV reporter, plus more from our Daily Briefing.
Global health and international development blogger Alanna Shaikh gives tips for translating and working with translators to talk about health more clearly.
Trauma and loss, even experienced via narratives, are powerful and can return with new effects in the most unexpected moments. They have direct impact on the lives and mental health of the people who lived them. Employing oral history and community participation, I aim to bring awareness about mental health issues connected to traumatic experiences of Vietnamese Americans.
A new reporting project will focus on community health challenges facing predominantly Latino communities in Chicago and the Midwest.
New whooping cough immunizations required for California teens, health reform woes for immigrant children and more from our Daily Briefing.
Why are doctors asking patients to sign a contract before prescribing painkillers? Answers and more in our Daily Briefing.
An undocumented immigrant was expelled from a Texas hospital as she was being prepped for surgery, plus more from our Daily Briefing.
When I began reporting on health taboos in Asian communities in New York, I didn't know I would be facing such tough challenges.
