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By Ed Tepporn | Do numbers matter? Most epidemiologists, policymakers, and advocates would say yes. “Funding should follow the data,” and “Public health efforts should stay ahead of the data” are common themes. Over the past 22 years in HIV and public health work, I’ve heard this time and time again. But what happens when your community’s data isn’t included in federal, state, and/or local reports?

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By Pavani Yalamanchili | A new mental health resource website for South Asian Americans called MannMukti launched this month, a month designated in the U.S. as Mental Health Awareness Month. MannMukti’s website features testimonials from South Asians who’ve lived with mental illness, including personal experiences with anxiety, mood, personality and eating disorders, in addition to other mental health conditions.

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By American Journal of Public Health | Podcast interview with Kathy Ko Chin. Starts at 29:15:

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By Kathy Ko Chin | By the year 2043, the United States will no longer have any majority race or ethnicity, increasingly reflecting a vision of a multicultural society (bit.ly/1oyMzWB). Asian Americans and Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (NHPIs) are among the fastest-growing racial and ethnic populations in the United States, with families coming from more than 50 countries and speaking over a hundred languages and dialects.

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By Sarah Ayau | When Rep. Ed Royce voted to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act last week, he left out something very important: the people in our community!

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By India West | Relieved Republicans muscled their health care bill through the House May 4, taking their biggest step toward dismantling the Obama health care overhaul since Donald Trump took office, reports AP. They won passage only after overcoming their own divisions that nearly sank the measure six weeks ago.

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By Morgan Sherburne | A survey of two groups of Pacific Islanders draws comparisons between the health of two populations of Pacific Islanders residing in California, revealing they lag behind the state in several key areas of health.

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By Kathy Ko Chin | The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has been a lifeline for millions of Americans relying on its protections and financial support as their only means to afford coverage and access health care.

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By Michelle Singletary | Ben D’Avanzo’s tweet caught my attention. “Would you buy a toaster that Consumers Reports gave an F? Not me,” tweeted D’Avanzo, a senior policy analyst at the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum. “We should be pretty worried about their grade of the ACA repeal plan.”

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By Traci G. Lee | Ten members of the President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) submitted their resignation to President Donald Trump, NBC News has learned.

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