Diabetes, Cost Of Care Top Health Concerns For U.S. Latinos Plus 4 More Stories

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Daily Briefing A look at the day's top stories News Diabetes, Cost Of Care Top Health Concerns For U.S. Latinos A poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health finds that nearly 1 in 5 Latinos say diabetes is the major health concern for themselves and their family. In East Los Angeles, where obesity and diabetes are common, community activists are committed to turning the problem around. Read this story Poll Focuses On Views From A Wide Array Of Latino Americans It's a cliché and an understatement to say Latino-Americans aren't a monolithic group. But our survey of nearly 1,500 Latinos underscores the variety of different experiences collapsed into the term "Latino." Read this story A Union For Home Health Aides Brings New Questions To Supreme Court An Illinois case examines whether states may recognize a union for workers who care for disabled adults in their homes instead of state institutions, and whether non-union members must pay for a contract they benefit from. Read this story What Is This Bombogenesis And Why Is It Dumping Snow On Us? The type of storm that's blowing up the East Coast of the U.S. on Tuesday has an explosive-sounding name. Add bombogenesis to the growing list of weather terms we're learning about this winter — a list that also includes polar vortex. Read this story Hunt Is On For At Least One 'Black Widow' In Sochi Russian security forces are reportedly searching for at least one young woman who may be intending to set off a suicide bomb. She's said to be the widow of an Islamic insurgent. Meanwhile, the U.S. will have warships in the Black Sea in case evacuations are necessary during the Winter Olympics. Read this story more news stories

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