Notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman has escaped from prison again, just one year and five months after his arrest a Mexico beach resort in February 2014.
Donald Trump, who's said Mexicans flow into the U.S. "like water" and "are killing us at the border,"took to the stage at the Phoenix Convention Center on Saturday, June 11th to discuss U.S. immigration policy. He also spoke at length about his intentions to maintain his stance on illegal immigration.
'Mestizo' and 'mulatto' are Spanish-language terms traditionally used to describe those of mixed-race heritage. While these terms aren't a part of mainstream vocabulary in the U.S., many individuals of Latin descent use them to describe their complex ancestry.
Earlier this week, House Democrats introduced the Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance Woman Act. The pioneering legislation endeavors to weaken the long-standing Hyde Amendment, allowing government-funded health plans to pay for abortion services.
The National Center for Education Statistics published the latest update for their 2009 High School Transcript Study, which revealed blatant differences in how students of different genders and races earn STEM credits during high school.
Early last year, Pew Research predicted that Latinos would surpass whites as the largest racial/ethnic group in California. Recently, the nonpartisan fact tank confirmed that the milestone was reached in 2014 when non-Hispanic whites became outnumbered by the state's 15 million Hispanics.
Duchenne, Becker and Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophies are a part of a group of diseases that cause progressive weakness and loss of muscular mass. Recent reports show that prevalence of muscular dystrophy is higher among Hispanic individuals than non-Hispanic white or black individuals. However, there have been a series of research developments that could lead to future therapies for the currently untreatable disease.
Paul Andreas Wunderlich, Guatemalan-born and Texas-dwelling author of the Spanish-language fantasy series "Saga de una Flama Creciente," is a man of medicine and literature.
While it may seem like each and every high school and college friend is lining up to march down the wedding aisle in favor of holy matrimony, new research reveals that millennials are showing dwindling interest in marriage as they age.
Salt Lake City is an epicenter for urban opportunity, business growth, entrepreneurial development and affordable living. The most populous city in the state of Utah, Salt Lake City also has a budding Hispanic/Latino population that shares a symbiotic relationship with the city.
According to recent findings published by international non-governmental organization Save the Children, the United States ranked 33rd out of 170 nations when measuring the best and worst nations for mothers. Washington, DC had the nation's highest infant mortality rate at 6.6 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2013. While this is a historical low for DC, it's three times the rates of Tokyo and Stockholm.
Diabetes, the group of metabolic diseases defined by problems producing or using insulin, has overwhelmed the South American nation Chile. According to the International Diabetes Federation, approximately 1.7 million Chileans have diabetes, which exceeds the global average.
"Minorities Are Disproportionately Underrepresented in Special Education: Longitudinal Evidence Across Five Disability Conditions," a new federally funded study, revealed that minority (racial, ethnic and language) elementary- and middle-school students are less likely than English-speaking, white children to be identified as having disabilities.
When comparing the outcome of students born to low socioeconomic backgrounds to those born to privilege, researchers have learned a great deal about supposed and relative advantages -namely that multicultural students born to parents without degrees have as much of a fighting chance as white students who come from households with college educated parents.
Washington, D.C.-based health advocacy group, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has recreated Coca-Cola's iconic "Hilltop" ad to illustrate the effect that excessive soda consumption has on the public, as sugary beverages are a major contributor to diabetes, tooth decay, weight gain and other diseases among U.S. adults.
The New England Journal of Medicine recently published findings that revealed if Liraglutide, a diabetes drug, in combination with diet and exercise, could help obese individuals to reduce their body weight and improve metabolic control.
While many of the 2016 presidential candidates have overlooked Republican presidential hopeful and mogul Donald Trump's controversial statements depicting Mexican immigrants as drug dealers and rapists, Hispanic/Latino leaders are reacting in numbers.
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich recently disappointed DREAMers with the decision to appeal a judge's ruling that grants in-state tuition to eligible DACA recipients. Nonetheless, advocacy groups insist that DREAMers register for school.
Each year, during National Cleft & Craniofacial Awareness & Prevention Month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) chooses to draw attention to the thousands of infants, children, teens and adults affected by cleft and craniofacial conditions in the U.S. each year. While some babies are born with congenital anomalies (i.e. cleft lip and palate), others are born with far more serious life-threatening craniofacial conditions.
The Department of Justice published a statement addressing a Northern District of Ohio's federal court's decision to unseal a 15-count superseding indictment that charges three defendants who lured Guatemalan minors and adults into the U.S. under false pretenses and used threats of physical harm to coerce them into forced labor on an egg farm in Ohio.
While it's presumed that politics steer opinions on science-related policies, gender, age, race, religion and education tend to move opinions on climate change, biochemical research and other science-related subjects.
DC Comics and Marvel artist Phil Jimenez, best known for his work as the writer/artist for "Wonder Woman" and the miniseries "Infinite Crisis," recently declared that comics are "inherently gay or inherently queer."
Back pains, edema and pelvic girdle pain withstanding, pregnancy is a beautiful thing. Furthermore, a healthy pregnancy that yields a healthy child is far more beautiful. However, a healthy pregnancy hinges on choices, including the choice to intake folate/folic acid on a daily bases prior to pregnancy.
Like his highly-acclaimed father before him, author Don Miguel Ruiz Jr. is a creator of self-help spiritual texts that examine the principles of belief, wisdom and health. However, Ruiz's books, "Living a Life of Awareness" and "The Five Levels of Attachment," have set him apart as an independent self-help authority due to his matchless perspective.
