Millions of U.S. children have asthma and benefit from taking anti-inflammatory medications at least once a day as prescribed by their health care provider. This school-based asthma therapy program enables school nurses to help students take their medications on schedule. A study has found that it can save thousands of dollars per student in medical […]

SILVERTHORNE, Colorado. — Cuando Adolfo Román García-Ramírez camina a casa por la noche después de su turno en un mercado en este pueblo montañoso del centro de Colorado, a veces se acuerda de su infancia en Nicaragua. Los adultos, recuerda, asustaban a los niños con cuentos de la “Mona Bruja”. Si te adentras demasiado en […]

SILVERTHORNE, Colo. — When Adolfo Román García-Ramírez walks home in the evening from his shift at a grocery store in this central Colorado mountain town, sometimes he thinks back on his childhood in Nicaragua. Adults, he recollects, would scare the kids with tales of the “Mona Bruja,” or “Monkey Witch.” Step too far into the […]