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Casi la mitad de todos los cursos de los colegios comunitarios son impartidos por profesores de medio tiempo, y un nuevo acuerdo laboral significa que ahora el profesorado adjunto de los colegios comunitarios de Los Angeles tendrá una atención medica accesible. El acuerdo, anunciado el viernes, otorgara a los...
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Almost half of all community college courses are taught by part-time instructors, and a new labor agreement means adjunct faculty at community colleges in Los Angeles will get affordable health care. The deal, announced Friday, will give part-time faculty the same contribution – about $1,300 a month – as...
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Kristen Hwang CalMatters Brian Iv works in a factory in Orange County, earning around $26 per hour. He suffers chronic pain from a lifetime of manual labor jobs and previous workplace injuries, but often treats the pain with home remedies or traditional Cambodian practices. Going to the doctor is...
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Kristen Hwang CalMatters Living on the streets of California is a deadly affair. The life expectancy of an unsheltered person is 50, according to national estimates, nearly 30 years less than that of the average Californian. As homelessness spirals out of control throughout the state, so too do deaths on the street, but...
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When Kathie Moehlig’s 11-year-old son decided to transition in 2012, she says not one doctor in San Diego was willing to treat him. “When I called to make appointments, they kept telling me: ‘We don’t treat kids like that here,’” Moehlig said. But she continued making calls, eventually breaking...
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The languid season of summer is underway, beckoning with promises of late-night bonfires at the beach, ephemeral romances, and lounging by the pool with a cold bevvy at hand. But some parents may wonder whether it is safe to let their kids jump back into the water, especially with...
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Yvonne Vigil-Calderon, an osteopathic medicine student at Touro University California, went to the doctor earlier this year with such severe exhaustion that she thought she was anemic. Her lab results came back normal. “‘When was the last time you took a day off?’” her doctor asked. She realized she...
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Currently, the Latino community is more aware of the negative effects that climate change is causing, and it has even become a matter of direct concern due to the fact that many of the jobs that Latinos perform in the United States are outdoors, exposed to the heat and...
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La depresión y los pensamientos suicidas son más frequentes entre los jóvenes transgénero. Pero los estudios muestran que la atención en afirmación de género mejora su salud mental. Comentarios de Diana Tordoff, epidemióloga de la Universidad de Washington. Los jóvenes transgénero enfrentan mayores riesgos de depresión y suicidio en...