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Police violence and racism in general can be insidious threats to a Black woman s reproductive health, damaging her own well-being and possibly even the DNA of her children, growing research shows.
Transgenerational trauma – defined as trauma that passes through generations – has long been documented in descendants of enslaved people, refugees and Holocaust survivors.
In the case of Black women who have witnessed the countless deaths and injuries of Black people at the hands of police, or been hurt themselves, their children may be unintentional genetic recipients of their wounds, both psychological and physiological. And in some cases, it s making them think twice about having children.
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Plastic pollution is not only affecting the oceans but also the Great Lakes. One study out of the Rochester Institute of Technology estimates 22 million pounds of plastic debris enters the Great Lakes from the U.S. and Canada each year.
There’s been a lot of news about the amount of plastic debris in the oceans. But, plastic pollution is also affecting the Great Lakes. One study out of the Rochester Institute of Technology estimates 22 million pounds of plastic debris enters the Great Lakes from the U.S. and Canada each year.
It’s windy and chilly as volunteers are picking up trash along and area of Lake Michigan north of Muskegon.
Quality of Minnesota’s COVID data for Hmong questioned
Over the course of the pandemic, health educator Chao Yang spent months talking to key contacts about COVID-19 in the Twin Cities Asian community, but efforts to get an Asian-targeted approach from state and local governments ended in a roadblock.
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Frederick Melo / St. Paul Pioneer Press | 6:22 am, May 7, 2021 ×
Eagan, Minn., resident Sithoeun Chem discusses his next COVID vaccination appointment with registered nurse and volunteer vaccinator Mai Pa Vang at the Hmong Medical Association’s clinic at Hmong Village Shopping Center on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021. Emma Gottschalk / St. Paul Pioneer Press
Quality of Minnesota’s COVID data for Hmong questioned
Over the course of the pandemic, health educator Chao Yang spent months talking to key contacts about COVID-19 in the Twin Cities Asian community, but efforts to get an Asian-targeted approach from state and local governments ended in a roadblock.
Written By:
Frederick Melo / St. Paul Pioneer Press | 6:22 am, May 7, 2021 ×
Eagan, Minn., resident Sithoeun Chem discusses his next COVID vaccination appointment with registered nurse and volunteer vaccinator Mai Pa Vang at the Hmong Medical Association’s clinic at Hmong Village Shopping Center on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021. Emma Gottschalk / St. Paul Pioneer Press