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Immigrant children face higher odds of forgone medical care and subspecialty referral difficulties compared to US-born children. Federal policy changes under H.R. 1 may further restrict healthcare ...

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For more than a month, a Virginia high school football coach accused of child pornography offenses has remained missing after vanishing from his home without a trace.