April 1, 2021
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For thousands of years, people around the world have relied on medicinal folklore, herbal treatments and rituals to heal an array of ailments. Now, researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have created an online platform featuring hundreds of thousands of these traditional therapies. Spanning seven continents and 200 years, the Archive of Healing draws on such sources as anthropologists’ field notes, scholarly journals, oral histories and folktales. (UCLA’s David Shorter was quoted.)
Coronavirus Today: How long is our honeymoon? latimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from latimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Covid-19 especially lethal to younger Latinos
Akilah Johnson, The Washington Post
March 15, 2021
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1of6Maria Agnes Sanchez, center, and most of her family have contracted covid-19, the illness that can be caused by the novel coronavirus.Photo for The Washington post by Allison ZauchaShow MoreShow Less
2of6Dinora Villanueva receives information regarding coronavirus testing at her home in Thermal, Calif., on Feb. 24, 2021.Photo for The Washington post by Allison ZauchaShow MoreShow Less
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4of6Farmworker Ramon Talavera received a coronavirus vaccine in Thermal, Calif., on Feb. 25, 2021.Photo for The Washington post by Allison ZauchaShow MoreShow Less
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Opioid Overdose Rising Among Latinos Amid the Pandemic latinpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from latinpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The coronavirus has disproportionately carved a path through the nation’s Latino neighborhoods, as it has in African American, Native American and Pacific Islander communities. Even more stunning: the deadly efficiency with which the virus has targeted Latinos in their 30s and 40s.