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Consumers believe that Latinos face the most discrimination

June 21, 2010 – 9:03 am

by Rocio Zamora Arzola WHAT’S HAPPENING In an AP-Univisión-GfK poll, 61% of people said that Latinos face significant discrimination, compared with 52% who said blacks and 50% who said women (AP 5.21.10). 81% of Latinos said they confront a lot or some discrimination; 59% of non-Hispanics agreed that Latinos confront a lot of or some […]

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Vaccine-autism link retracted, 12 years later

March 12, 2010 – 6:34 am

by Abby Shannon WHAT’S HAPPENING After a multi-year investigation behind the claims of U.K. doctor Andrew Wakefield, reputable medical journal The Lancet retracted his 1998 paper that linked the childhood measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine to autism (CNN.com 2.2.10). Wakefield was found to have acted unethically — conducting invasive and unnecessary medical procedures to […]

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