In a move that was condemned by environmental justice advocates on Friday, President Joe Biden’s administration earlier this week sent 500 unaccompanied asylum-seeking minors to Fort Bliss a highly contaminated and potentially hazardous military base in El Paso, Texas and is reportedly considering using additional toxic military sites as detention centers for migrant children in U.S. custody.
“We are extremely concerned to hear of plans to detain immigrant children in Fort Bliss. Military bases filled with contaminated sites are no place for the healthy development of any child,” Melissa Legge, an attorney at Earthjustice, said in a statement.
“We recognize that the humanitarian situation at the border needs to be addressed in humanity, compassion, and expediency,” Legge continued. “Part of that requires keeping children away from toxic military sites.”
National Association of Hispanic Nurses Receives Hispanic Health Leadership Award
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MCI USA is pleased to announce that its client the National Association of Hispanic Nurses was honored by the National Hispanic Medical Association with the Hispanic Health Leadership Award. Adrianna Nava, PhD, MPA, MSN, RN, NAHN President, will accept the award at the Leadership Awards Ceremony on Saturday, March 20, during the 24th Annual Virtual NHMA Conference.
We applaud this recognition of NAHN’s impact on amplifying the collective voice of Hispanic nurses and promoting health equity for the Hispanic community. WASHINGTON (PRWEB) March 16, 2021
MCI USA is pleased to announce that its client the National Association of Hispanic Nurses was honored by the National Hispanic Medical Association with the Hispanic Health Leadership Award. Adrianna Nava, PhD, MPA, MSN, RN, NAHN President, will accept the award
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WASHINGTON, March 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ On Wednesday, March 17th 500+ physicians and health experts will gather virtually for the National Hispanic Medical Association s (NHMA) 24th Annual Conference. The conference will kick off with the announcement of our #Vaccinate4All Campaign, supported by the Center for Disease Control (CDC), Johnson & Johnson, and Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO). The mission of this campaign is to increase awareness and education of the COVID-19 vaccines, and encourage participation among Latino communities. Family is the heartbeat of Latino communities. Our focus cannot be to only vaccinate one of us, it has to be centered around all of us––the entire family, said Dr. Elena Rios, President and CEO, NHMA.
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You wouldn’t think something so staid-sounding as the “Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025” would be controversial. But the 140-plus-page document, released late last year, has caused quite a stir among public health experts who think it hasn’t gone far enough.
Praised for expanding the 2015 version to now include recommendations for infants, toddlers and pregnant and lactating women and for using the widely accepted MyPlate approach to healthy eating the guidelines’ positive tagline is: “Make Every Bite Count.”
The guidelines, which are available to download free, are updated and released every five years by the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and of Health and Human Services. They are far-reaching: In addition to the general public and medical professionals nationwide, they are used by policymakers who rely on them to guide decisions on federal food programs, such as school lunches for lower-income families.