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Updated Covid Vaccines Are Here and They’re Effective

Sunita Sohrabji - Oct 1, 2024

Three updated Covid-19 vaccines were rolled out earlier this month, and experts say they are incredibly effective.

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Remittances, Farmers Markets, Migration Flows Collapse – Developing World Reels from Pandemic Fallout

Sunita Sohrabji - May 12, 2020

Papademetriou equated the COVID-19 crisis to the Great Depression in the U.S. in the 1930s, and characterized it as an “economic abyss.”

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IMPLICIT BIAS A DRIVER OF COVID-19 AMONG AFRICAN AMERICANS

Khalil Abdullah - May 8, 2020

Dr. Melva Thompson-Robinson knows the data on the disparate impact of the corona virus and COVID-19 on African Americans and other minorities. Her key...

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ESSENTIAL WORKERS AND THEIR KIDS “UNSAFE” AS STATES REOPEN

Sunita Sohrabji - May 4, 2020

Melva Thompson-Robinson (above), Director of the Center for Health Disparities Research at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, speaks on the impact of the...

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Farm Workers – “Essential” but living in fear

Pilar Marrero - May 1, 2020

Above: Special feature of the heroes of the pandemic - 19 farmers in Oxnard, Ventura County, CA by Jesus Noyola. Also available in Spanish. They have...

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Coronavirus scams spreading as fast as the virus itself, FTC warns

Mark Hedin - Apr 29, 2020

Not only has the corona virus wrought havoc worldwide, it’s also become a new pretext for fraudsters trying to take advantage of people’s trust...

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Survey of California Ethnic Media on Impact of Pandemic

Ethnic Media Services - Apr 23, 2020

On any given week EMS is in touch with over 100 ethnic media practitioners in California and hundreds more nationwide. The fallout from the...

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California Drivers Should Get 50% Premium Refund During State Lockdown, Says Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara

Sunita Sohrabji - Apr 23, 2020

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara speaks during the 4/22 briefing. Also available in Spanish. By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributor SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Drivers should get a 50%...

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Pandemic Impact on Ethnic America: ‘Mom and Pop’ Businesses Left Out of Federal Stimulus Package

Sunita Sohrabji - Apr 21, 2020

California State Assemblymember David Chiu (left) and California Congressman Ro Khanna (right) presenting on the 4/17 conference. By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributor SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — The...

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