A ground-breaking study released in January by the ACCESS Community Health and Research Center (CHRC) shows that chronic diseases, such as diabetes, equally affect Arab Americans because of cultural factors that impact healthy lifestyles. Low-income, foreign-born immigrants, also, are at a higher-risk for chronic diseases.

ACCESS is pleased to announce that Dearborn Public Schools appointed Hussein Berry as president of the Board of Education on Jan. 13. Berry was elected to the board in 2009 and is currently serving his first term.