Every Day is Magic: Ada Limón
In her 2015 collection, Bright Dead Things, a National Book Award finalist for poetry, Ada Limón writes of moving to Kentucky: “Confession: I did not want to live here.” It’s perhaps not a surprising sentiment coming from a coastally oriented person who was raised in Northern California, attended college in Seattle, and then spent over a decade in New York City.
But Limón and her husband, Lucas, have been in Lexington for seven years now and the effects of settling into this place are noticeable in her new book, The Carrying (Milkweed, Aug.). It’s a phenomenally lively and attentive collection replete with the trappings of living a little closer to nature. While Bright Dead Things is marked by a preponderance of light, such as images of fireflies and neon signs, The Carrying features numerous appearances by various trees, birds, and beetles. Limón also demonstrates a greater willingness to be explicit in naming colors, particularly green. “It’s crazy green, the whole book,” she says. “Lexington is the greenest place I’ve ever lived.” Similarly, where in Bright Dead Things, Limón tells a lot of stories and anecdotes, in The Carrying she is very present in her thoughts and experiences.
As it turns out, these shifts in focus have another, altogether unexpected source. While putting Bright Dead Things together, Limón was diagnosed with chronic vestibular neuronitis, which can cause bouts of vertigo. “If I’m really having vertigo, it’s pretty intense and I really have to focus,”
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Report: Cuban Doctors Brought to Mexico Work in Slavery Conditions
“…A REPORT by the NGO Prisoners Defenders assured on Thursday that the members of the Cuban medical missions, which include 650 health professionals sent to Mexico, work in conditions of “slavery” and that 80% of their salaries are stolen by the authorities of the regime…”
https://elamerican.com/report-cuban-doctors-brought-to-mexico-work-in-slavery-conditions/
Mexican professionals provide health care in tragedy in Cuba
‘ “As part of the aid provided by the Mexican Government to deal with the damage caused by the fire at the Supertanker Base, 10 medical professionals from Mexico’s National Defense Secretariat arrived in Matanzas on Sunday,” Cuban Public Health Minister Jose Angel Portal said.
“Upon receiving them in Matanzas, we updated them on the situation in the province, exchanged experiences for the care of this type of injuries and explained the organization of the National Health System,” Portal wrote on his Twitter account…”
With Lack of Opportunities for Mexican Doctors, Should They Join the Export Revolution?
“The outlook is pretty dim for doctors working in Mexico. The job market offers limited opportunities for health professionals in the country, who believe that only through policy support from the federal government, things will then turn positive.
Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador got grilled in early May after announcing the hiring of 500 Cuban health professionals to be enrolled into the ranks of the country’s public health system. López Obrador claimed it as a necessary measure to combat Mexico’s deficit of health specialists, but doctors and universities argued otherwise, pointing to the long lines of unemployed nationals who wait for a shot at working in one of the country’s several public health institutions..”
Study associates affirmative action bans with decreases in medical school diversity
“…The authors analyzed the diversity of 21 public schools in eight states with affirmative action bans and compared them to 32 public universities in 24 states that have no bans, Ly said. UCLA, UC San Francisco and the University of Michigan were some of the institutions examined in the study, he added.
Although he had hypothesized that state bans would reduce the diversity of medical schools, Ly said he was surprised to find that enrollment of underrepresented students had decreased by more than one-third of its pre-ban amount within five years…”
Mexican border town sees an increase in sales of abortion drugs to women from the US
‘Since Texas passed a strict anti-abortion law in September, more and more women along the southern border have been going to unregulated pharmacies in Mexico to get abortion pills. Border health professionals fear the Mexican pharmacies have become a last resort for some women. Observers say it’s a sign of what’s to come if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.
The main street of Nuevo Progreso, Mexico — just across the sluggish Rio Grande from Weslaco, Texas — is a chaotic border bazaar that caters to American day-trippers looking for bargains and exotica. The street is packed with businesses that sell prescription eyeglasses, dental care, switchblades, tequila shots, statues of ghoulish drug saints and over-the-counter medicine.
You can buy many medications in Mexican pharmacies without a prescription, including the pills that have transformed the way women are ending pregnancies. Today, more than half of all abortions in the United States are achieved by what’s called a medication abortion, as opposed to a traditional surgical abortion…”
CO2 GRO Inc. and Mexico Partner Rancho Nexo to Exhibit at GreenTech Americas in Mexico April 27-29, 2022 Read more: https://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/co2-gro-inc-and-mexico-partner-rancho-nexo-to-exhibit-at-greentech-americas-in-mexico-april-27-29-2022
TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / April 21, 2022 / Toronto-based CO2 GRO Inc. (“GROW” or the “Company“) (TSX.V:GROW)(OTCQB:BLONF)(Frankfurt:4021) is pleased to announce CO2 GRO and their Mexico marketing and sales partner, Rancho Nexo will be exhibiting CO2 Delivery Solutions™technology at the GreenTech Americas Conference hosted in Queretaro Centro de Congresos QRO, Mexico from April 27-29, 2022. This is the second edition of the GreenTech Americas Conference designed for all professionals involved in horticultural technology in Mexico and the Latin America region. The exhibition focuses on the front-end of the horticultural production chain.
Kaiser Permanente behavioral health professionals mentor students at Antioch’s Dozier-Libbey Medical High School
“As a first-generation Mexican American and first in my family to graduate college, I’m incredibly passionate about supporting these young people and creating awareness around the complex experiences of being a first-generation student,” said Irais Castro, PhD, a psychology postdoctoral resident at Kaiser Permanente Antioch…”
Fighting vaccine inequity, Arizona health professionals vaccinated Mexicans
“The U.S. developed, tested and rolled out a COVID-19 vaccine in just over a year, and by March 2021 anyone in Arizona could get a shot.
But the accomplishment was bittersweet for border communities like Douglas, Arizona.
On the other side of an iron fence from Douglas is Agua Prieta, Sonora. Residents over 60 years old were just getting their first vaccine dose in March 2021.
“Mexico was struggling,” said Dr. Cecilia Rosales, associate dean and professor of public health at the University of Arizona. “We were receiving a lot of requests from our border communities.”…”
Mental Health Mission: Ricardo Muñoz wants to ‘give psychology away’ worldwide.
“When Ricardo Muñoz was 10 years old, his mother sat him down for a talk. Their family was leaving Chosica, Peru, for better educational opportunities in the United States. Later, she said, they would return so that Muñoz could share what he learned. “She taught me two things that day,” Muñoz says. “One was that knowledge is worth traveling halfway around the world to get. And the second was that once you get it, you share it.”…”
RCC Spotlight: Amber Lovatos, the Latina RDH
“…As a first-generation Mexican-American growing up in a low-income home, there was no access to dental care. Amber struggled to speak English and barely graduated from high school. As a teen mom, she suffered from depression. She worked as a dental assistant, but after leaving an abusive marriage, she realized that dental assisting wasn’t enough to provide for her and her two young sons. Amber realized that she needed to get ahead in life, and when her friend Maxine Cordova suggested they both become dental hygienists, it seemed like a path to success..”
https://www.rdhmag.com/career-profession/article/14233012/rcc-spotlight-amber-lovatos-the-latina-rdh
How Effectively Is Mexico Fighting the Covid Pandemic?
“… Like other populist regimes, Mexico’s federal government has refused to face reality and has instead downplayed the magnitude of the crisis while accusing adversaries of exaggerating it for political purposes. This bodes ill both for overcoming the pandemic and for Mexican democracy, as the attempt to generate an alternative narrative perpetuates Mexico’s poor management of Covid-19—now irrefutably one of the most deficient in the world, with a death rate of 252.7 per 100,000 inhabitants. The federal government’s release of the corrected pandemic figures, however, is good news. The revised data is consistent with the death toll for Mexico City, published a few months ago by different groups of experts, who sounded the alarm on the underreporting of deaths from Covid-19. It is encouraging that decades of investments in independent information systems financed by Mexican taxpayers, such as those of INEGI and the National Council for the…”
https://www.thedialogue.org/analysis/how-effectively-is-mexico-fighting-the-covid-pandemic/
NPPC voices concerns over swine industry visa decisions
“…Created under the North American Free Trade Agreement, the TN visa allows Canadian and Mexican professionals to temporarily fill specific job openings in the United States. It is used widely in the swine industry as a way to source qualified and competent labor for farm jobs.
NPPC has received reports that eligible applicants have been denied entry into the country for no cause and cannot appeal such decisions. Other evidence suggests applicants have been rejected because of subjective interpretations of having “sufficient ties” to their home country and about their intent to return to it. The NPPC reports that in one case, a veterinarian with a clinic in Mexico was denied a TN visa and told the decision was final…”
https://www.thepigsite.com/news/2021/10/nppc-voices-concerns-over-swine-industry-visa-decisions
Bilingual mental health resources for the Latinx community Mental health is an issue that affects over ten million people in the Latinx community
“According to a report from Mental Health America, the Latinx community is seen as “happy people” by 66% of the United States population. However, mental health is an issue that affects over ten million Latinos/nas/ne.In 2020, 16% of people reported having a mental illness. It is essential to highlight that 18.3% of the U.S population is estimated to be Latinx or Hispanic…”
Reconceptualizing Hispanics in America: From Reading Stark Statistics to Confronting Racial and Ethnic Trauma
“…Historical bias, lack of culturally humble and aware providers, inadequate or misinformed care, fear of deportation, language barriers, and underrepresentation of Latinx child psychiatrists are just a few of the factors that exacerbate disparities in access to care among Latinx communities. Clinicians should use a cultural component in their formulation when conceptualizing clinical presentations, thinking ethnographically while remaining patient-centered so that patients and families can teach providers about their own culture. Clinicians should not shy away from asking patients about experiences they have had in facing racism, discrimination, or hierarchical mistreatment. An understanding of patients’ sociocultural background, including experiences of discrimination and racial/ethnic trauma, will have important effects on treatment adherence and the likelihood of seeking future care…”
https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/reconceptualizing-hispanics-in-america
UC Board of Regents votes to end affiliation with restrictive healthcare institutions
“University of California Board of Regents voted on a proposed amendment Wednesday to end the UC’s affiliations with hospitals and healthcare institutions that do not follow the University’s non-discriminatory policy by 2023.
The amendment, written by UC Board of Regents Chair John Pérez, stated the UC should only affiliate with organizations that offer non-discriminatory care and refrain from entering into new affiliations with institutions with discriminatory guidelines. The amendment also protects the freedom of UC personnel working in affiliate facilities to provide care without being prohibited by any discriminatory or religious restrictions and plans to terminate any affiliations with organizations unwilling to comply with the UC’s non-discriminatory policy by Dec. 31, 2023…”
The “Diabetes Garage” Is Coming To El Paso
“…Over the next two years, organizers of UTEP’s Diabetes Garage, a diabetes self-management program for men, will offer health care organizations and providers including physicians, nurse practitioners, registered nurses and dietitians a $1,100 grant to become certified in Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DSMES) services. UTEP will cover the $100 cost to existing programs that want to add an educational site…”
German CureVac Vaccine Protocol, Success of Public and Private Collaboration | Tec Review
“…Clinical trials of the German Curevac vaccine carried out jointly by private institutions such as TecSalud and the Mexican government have set the pattern to follow: synergy between public and private is necessary.
Guillermo Torre, rector of TecSalud and vice president of Research at Tecnológico de Monterrey, agrees.
During the Research Rounds virtual forum, where advances in the Herald protocol for the Curevac vaccine were discussed, Torre explained that the way in which the current pandemic has been dealt with has put the importance of the health sector in Latin American countries under the scrutiny of public opinion…”
Harris avoids optics of vaccine-for-immigration quid pro quo with Mexico
“Vice President Kamala Harris headed back to the U.S. after two days of high-level meetings in Guatemala and Mexico about corruption, human trafficking and migration, but one subject was only briefly touched upon: coronavirus vaccines…”
https://news.yahoo.com/harris-avoids-optics-vaccine-immigration-005249667.html
Mexico’s real COVID-19 death toll now stands at over 321,000
“MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s government acknowledged Saturday that the country’s true death toll from the coronavirus pandemic now stands above 321,000, almost 60% more than the official test-confirmed number of 201,429.
Mexico does little testing, and because hospitals were overwhelmed, many Mexicans died at home without getting a test. The only way to get a clear picture is to review “excess deaths” and review death certificates…”
Some Houston leaders say Gov. Abbott’s decision to lift COVID restrictions puts Texans at risk
“…Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo said the decision puts Texans at risk of another surge.“What I see here is a premature and misguided discussion putting our community at risk and it’s unnecessary because we’re headed where we need to go,” Hidalgo said.She pointed out Harris County’s positivity rate is more than double the ideal level and 25 percent of ICU patients here have COVID…”
