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The Community Council of Idaho will be handing out long-sleeved shirts this Thursday at its annual shirt distribution event. Every year the non-profit collects shirts and gives them to farm workers to make sure they're protected from long days in the sun.
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Artist Eddie Melendrez likes to paint people in their everyday lives. His works pay tribute to his Chicano culture by depicting scenes including lowrider cars and Day of the Dead celebrations.
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A recent Kaiser Family Foundation Hispanic vaccination rates were only 42% in Idaho and Colorado: tying for the second lowest rate in the country, above South Dakota.
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Idaho Matters produced a special episode of our Doctors Roundtable looking at equity and engagement with Latinx communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Didn't get the chance to follow the news this week? We go beyond the headlines on this edition of the Idaho Matters Reporter Roundtable.
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Latinos face high rates of COVID-19 and diabetes. But one community clinic in Reno is seeing sharp decreases in patient numbers, deepening the risk for people with chronic illnesses.
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There were six project sites from Maryland to California, and one, led by the team at ISU, was in rural Aberdeen and American Falls, where about a third of the population is Hispanic.
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Two of Mexico's cultural titans, La Banda El Recodo de Cruz Lizarraga, and Memo Ocampo and his legendary bulls made a stop in the Treasure Valley to put on a Jaripeo.
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Many unvaccinated Americans are eager to get the shot as soon as possible, but information barriers are standing in the way. That’s according to a new survey. Those results point to opportunities for public health officials in the Mountain West to target outreach and information to Hispanic and Latino communities.
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A rare but serious COVID-19-related condition has disproportionately affected Hispanic and Latino children in the Mountain West.