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Many U.S. doctors have received their COVID-19 vaccines, but nearly a third are foreign-born with family in countries facing no access to it a disparity that troubles many as they fight the virus.
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The Butterball poultry processing plant in Carthage, Missouri is one of several major plants that employ many Latinx immigrants.
Through grainy video on a recent Facebook live event, Missouri health director Dr. Randall Williams explained who was currently eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine. A moment later, an interpreter from the Mexican consulate in Kansas City provided a translation.
The live stream was the consulate’s idea.
Consul Alfonso Navarro Bernachi has been working with the Missouri health department since the start of the pandemic. “We’ve been participating in a weekly meetings with the department of health in order to better know what is the outlook of vaccinations,” Bernachi says.
New Program Helps People With Diabetes Eat Healthy
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Standing in her kitchen, Therese Richardson is making her favorite recipe. “The honey dijon roasted pork tenderloin. I like that one,” the 50-year-old Indianapolis woman says.
Richardson has Type 2 diabetes, meaning that cells in her body are resistant to insulin, causing her blood sugar levels to rise. Eating vegetables and other healthy food helps her avoid serious complications and lowers blood sugar levels.
“I didn t like broccoli, but I had to have the cheese on it,” she says. “But if you cook it the right way with different recipes, I can eat it without the cheese on it.”