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Serving Communities on National Black HIV Awareness Day

Black Health Matters

These packages will include crucial items, such as hand towels to promote physical activity, hand sanitizer to fight the spread of communicable diseases, healthcare resource information, and at-home HIV test kits. The kits will allow recipients to learn their status in mere minutes.

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5 story ideas on migrant health crises facing U.S.-Mexico border

Association of Health Care Journalists

There remains no evidence linking the size of the immigrant population, including illegal immigrants, and the spread of serious communicable diseases. Sanitation crisis yields water and foodborne illnesses A critical, yet often overlooked, aspect of the border crisis is the lack of adequate sanitation and access to clean water.