Centro comunitario hispano lidera la vacunación infantil contra covid en Chicago
Chicago.- Mientras la asistente médica se ponía guantes y preparaba la jeringa, Victoria Macías, de 5 años, con una máscara
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CHICAGO — As the medical assistant put on rubber gloves and readied the syringe, 5-year-old Victoria Macias, wearing a pink
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Yousuf El-Jayyousi, a junior engineering student at the University of Missouri, wanted guidance and reassurance that it would be safe
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Read MoreA Switch To Medicaid Managed Care Worries Some Illinois Foster Families
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