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From 2010 through 2021, the percentage of New Yorkers without health insurance declined every year to 5.2% in 2021, well below the national average of 8.6% and less than half of what it was in the state in 2010 (11.9%), according to an analysis by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Rates of uninsured […]
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Makella Coudray is passionate about advocating for disadvantaged groups. “I personally like championing causes for those that society may overlook, and I try to do that through my work,” she says. “Hence, my work focuses on marginalized populations such as sexual and gender minorities and racial and ethnic minorities.” Coudray is originally from Trinidad and […]
Start of text box 1 Highlights The 2021 Census shows the diversity in educational characteristics between, and within, racialized groups in Canada. Many Asian populations had levels of educational attainment well above the national average. Over half of Korean, Chinese, South Asian and West Asian people and more than 40% […]
American Heart Association 2023 Statistical Update reports the largest increase in the number of CVD deaths in the U.S. in years, highest among Asian, Black, and Hispanic populations | WBIW Local Weather Alerts […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The city of Milwaukee on Dec. 21 joined the ranks of other major cities that are challenging their 2020 census figures, claiming that the once-a-decade U.S. head count which determines political power and federal funding undercounted the city’s true population by 16,500 people. The official count left Milwaukee with its lowest population […]
On November 6, The Climate is One of Change coalition hosted a full-day event at the iconic Rio de Janeiro concert venue, Circo Voador, in Lapa, Central Rio. Four organizations hosted the event (
Bird populations are declining rapidly in the U.S., including 22 species that live in or pass through Massachusetts, according to a report released Wednesday. The U.S. State of the Birds 2022 report introduces a “tipping point list,” identifying 70 species at risk of becoming endangered. These species have already declined by at least 50% and could lose another […]
In 2020, 75 percent of all overdose deaths involved an opioid. Dominick Reuter / AFP via Getty Images A new report from the CDC found that during the first year of the pandemic, drug overdose death rates rose substantially in Black and Native American populations in the U.S. From 2019 to 2020, overdose fatalities increased by […]