The First Five Years is a weekly radio program presented by Maryland Family Network and airing on WEAA 88.9 FM. The program was previously on WYPR 88.1 FM. The series is focused on the extraordinary developmental period from birth to age five. The First Five Years highlights the challenges and opportunities related to nurturing young children and helping them build a solid foundation for success in school and in life. This program is made possible in part by M&T Charitable Foundation.
If you have not received your COVID vaccine or refuse to wear a mask in public you’re partly contributing to the striking new data indicating that roughly one in four Latina women in the U.S. have lost a family member to the virus.
Update: Coronavirus Case Rates and Death Rates for Latinos in the United States (Salud America!)
For U.S. Latinos, COVID-19 Has Taken a Personal and Financial Toll (Pew Research Center)