Inmigrantes latinos en apuros económicos participan una y otra vez en ensayos clínicos para ganar dinero. No siempre les explican los riesgos para su salud y, cuando algo sale mal, buscar justicia puede ser agónico.
Community & Public Health
Type 2 diabetes in children was rare 40 years ago, but not anymore, according to Dr. Jane Lynch, a professor of pediatric endocrinology at UT Health San Antonio.
Ua paʻakikī ʻē ka hele ʻana i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe koko ʻia ʻana no kekahi mau kupa kuaʻāina. Kuhi ʻia, e hoʻopilikia ana ka piʻi ʻilikai i kēia mau mea.
The new hazardous waste site is located in a ZIP code that already is the most polluted in the state.
Getting to and from dialysis is already a challenge for some rural Hawaii residents. Sea level rise is expected to make things worse.
Before, during and after involvement in the juvenile justice system, the health of these youth is compromised.
The number of dialysis centers in the islands is increasing to meet the need as more patients suffer from kidney failure.
The reporting team uncovered nearly 3,000 students in the Richmond County School System are unaccounted for this school year.
Texas has a law that requires the screening of school children for diabetes. But due to COVID-19, in recent years, those screenings aren't always happening.
In a Latino community near Chicago, too many victims of COVID are identified as white, Black or other.