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IN THE NEWS: 'Micro' Aggressions, Large Lasting Effects

Arline Geronimus featured on PBS SOCAL

People pass micro-aggressions off as comedy or even just natural curiosity, but those who have experienced micro-aggressions can give you a more nuanced way of understanding how damaging these offhanded statements or actions can be.

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Contact Tracing: Use Volunteers or Paid Public Health Corps?

Q&A with Angela Beck

The House of Representative plans to introduce a bipartisan bill that would create a National Public Health Corps similar to AmeriCorps that would hire hundreds of workers to help conduct contact tracing as the US moves to reopen its economy. Angela Beck discusses the idea of such a workforce.

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Coronavirus: Why Hispanics Are at Higher Risk to Suffer Health, Economic Consequences

Q&A with Paul Fleming and William Lopez

US Hispanics are more likely than their white white counterparts to be affected by coronavirus independently of their immigration status. Two University of Michigan School of Public Health experts explain why, and offer some solutions the federal government could use to mitigate these negative consequences.