Minorities, Poor Breathe Worse Air Pollution, Study Finds
 

Minorities, Poor Breathe Worse Air Pollution, Study Finds

Environmental Health News, News Report, Cheryl Katz, Posted: Nov 04, 2012

Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, St. Louis and Fresno are among the metropolitan areas with unhealthful levels of fine particles and large concentrations of poor minorities.

 

'Scratch Food' Trumps 'Plastic Food' in Escondido High Schools

 

New America Media, Video, Viji Sundaram, Posted: Nov 04, 2012

When high schools in Escondido, CA did away with prepackaged foods, they saw student participation in their meal program soar.

 

Budget Woes Threaten Lifelong Learning Classes at S.F. City College

 

SF Public Press , News Report, Lissette Alvarez , Posted: Nov 03, 2012

San Francisco City College’s budget crunch threatens free adult classes in such vital areas as ESL, job training and the arts. Prop 30 would save some of them.

 

Saved From “Excruciating” Pain, Young Woman Advocates for Obamacare

 

New America Media, News Report, Viji Sundaram, Posted: Oct 29, 2012

Like millions of young adults now covered under Obamacare, Natalie Jill Hamingson didn’t think much about health care reform--until she needed surgery.

 

LAUSD Revamped School Lunch Program Gets Thumbs Up from Students

 

New America Media, News Report, Viji Sundaram, Posted: Oct 24, 2012

Los Angeles Unified School District has recently revamped its school meals, encouraging students to be healthier.

 

California’s Pickiest Eaters Grade New School Lunches

 

New America Media, News Report, Jacob Simas / NAM Youth Wire reporters, Posted: Oct 22, 2012

Defying stereotypes, peer interviews with students on lunch lines reveal that most want more food, fresher food and greater variety.

 

In California, Students and Parents Prefer the New School Lunches

 

New America Media, News Report, Suzanne Manneh and Jacob Simas, Posted: Oct 18, 2012

A new poll finds that in California, students and parents are pleased with the healthier meals being served at school.

 

Taxpayers Spend Millions on Valley Fever in Prisons

 

Vida en el Valle , News Report, Rebecca Plevin, Posted: Oct 14, 2012

Californians are locked into contributing to the cost of treating state inmates sickened by valley fever. A yearly price tag of $23 million to guard and care for patients in outside hospitals doesn't even take into account what the state prison system racks up treating valley fever within the prison walls.

 

Prostate Cancer Hits African American Men Especially Hard

 

New America Media, News Report, Erin Marcus, Posted: Oct 12, 2012

Prostate cancer hits black men especially hard. One out of every five black men will be diagnosed with the disease during his lifetime, and five out of 100 will die from it.

 

Celebrating Chávez Monument, But Where Are Farm Workers Now?

 

New America Media, Video, Ivan Delgado, Aurora Saldivar, Johnny Flores, Posted: Oct 11, 2012

Last Monday's unveiling of the César Chávez National Monument offered an opportunity to both celebrate and reflect.

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