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The daunting distance housecleaner "Pretinha," 64, has traveled to the doctor's office in Massachusetts may explain why a group of medical professionals will forward health reform tips to th

Brazilian immigrants in Stoughton, Mass., created a flyer, above, about 6-year-old Kalita Cardosa, who lives in Brazil and has advanced cystic fibrosis. (photo: E. A. de Oliveira, EthnicNEWz.org)

The immigrant community in Stoughton, Mass., has been rallying for a 6-year-old girl who lives thousands of miles away in Brazil, their homeland. Her life is at stake.

A few hours after the historic election of Barack Obama on Tuesday, doctors urged the next US president to consider a single-payer system to reform the country’s health care coverage.