COLUMBIA, MD – January 18, 2017 – (HISPANICIZE WIRE) – Savvier Health, LLC is pleased to announce it has been granted a license to offer the same easy–to-use subscription-based app creation platform that has been used by tens of thousands of people around the world to successfully publish hundreds of thousands of apps. Our system… Continue Reading
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Hispanicize Creates Social Good ‘Jewel Award’ Inspired by Digital Influencer and Ovarian Cancer Crusader Jewel Figueras
— The annual Jewel Award will help raise awareness for digital creators who champion causes through social media —
The Laurita Spina Bifida Project raises funds to donate wheelchairs for children in Tanzania
ORLANDO, FL – December 14, 2016 – (HISPANICIZE WIRE) – The Laurita Spina Bifida Project (The LSB Project) launched an online fundraiser on November 29th, which was #GivingTuesday, with the goal of purchasing orthotic equipment for children and youth in Tanzania who live with spina bifida. Partnering with the Association of Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus… Continue Reading
W.K. Kellogg Foundation and Broad Coalition Announce National Day of Healing on January 17, 2017
— Working with more than 130 partners in its Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation enterprise, WKKF seeks to advance racial healing in communities across the country to create environments where all children can thrive —
Press Conference: Heart Transplant Team Performs 30th Transplant
— Weston teen receives new heart for his birthday and goes home for the holidays —
Nominate a Hero for the Hispanicize 2017 Fourth Annual Positive Impact Awards
— Program honors Latinos who go above and beyond for the betterment of their communities —
‘Whoo’ Has a Holiday Gift Idea?
— Sponsor a Poo-Poo screen to save owls and other cavity-nesting birds this season —
Graciela Tiscareño-Sato, Award-Winning Author and Military Veteran, Will Deliver Keynote at Texas Association for Bilingual Education conference October 20th
— Former English Language Learner will celebrate global advantages of bilingualism across industries with teachers creating our next wave of bilingual successes —
Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute Announces Series of Voter Forums to Educate, Engage and Empower Millennial Hispanics/Latinos
— The CHLI Red White Y Tu forums will bring together congressional speakers, distinguished civic and community leaders, experts in electoral research and student leaders to discuss the importance of being educated about the political process and the importance of Hispanic/Latino voter participation —
— The panel will be comprised of non-partisan electoral research experts, millennial leaders and a community leader, followed by a question and answer period. Ultimately, millennials are projected to be nearly half (44%) of the Latinos eligible to vote, many of which are either not registered to vote or do not intend to participate in the 2016 Presidential election. Going where these potential Latino voters are, Red, White Y Tu seeks to reach across the country to educate, engage and empower Hispanic/Latino millennial voters. For more info, please CLICK HERE. TO RSVP, please CLICK HERE —
New England Journal of Medicine Publishes MINDACT Trial Results Proving the Clinical Utility of MammaPrint® in Assisting Physicians to Identify Early-Stage Breast Cancer Patients who can Safely Forgo Chemotherapy
— 46% of patients identified as high risk for recurrence according to clinical-pathological factors as described in the publication, and who therefore would be usual candidates for adjuvant chemotherapy, were reclassified as Low Risk by MammaPrint® and MINDACT shows could possibly forgo chemotherapy[i] —
— MammaPrint could change clinical practice by providing critical prognostic information to aid in assessing patients’ risk for distant metastasis and potentially sparing over one hundred thousand women annually[ii] with early-stage breast cancer worldwide from unnecessary toxicities and side effects from chemotherapy and creating considerable cost savings —
— As demonstrated in the MINDACT trial, MammaPrint is now the only FDA-cleared breast cancer prognostic test with the highest level of evidence (1A) for its clinical utility to aid correctly identifying Low Risk patients —