Health | COVID-19
While thousands of undocumented immigrants are newly eligible for Medi-Cal, others have been disenrolled as pandemic-era policies wind down.
Toxic air lingers in a Texas Latino community, revealing failures in state’s air monitoring system and leaving residents in the dark.
California is one of three that allows those without full immigration status to get licensed as therapists.
It’s called a mass-disabling event: One in five COVID-19 infections results in long COVID, with Latinos the most affected. As society and medicine largely ignore this lingering crisis, how prepared are we to care for a looming avalanche of Latino long-haulers?
With an Aging Population that Needs Culturally Competent Care, Families Face A Caregiver Crunch.
In Mexico, the government ignores long COVID, and health systems belittle longhaulers suffering neurological and neuropsychiatric aftereffects.
A journalist details the loss of independence he’s learned to live with – and his exploration of why epilepsy is a growing problem among Latinos in the United States.
The pandemic has disproportionately affected Latinos, an impact made worse by the loss of fitness opportunities. Now, many are tightening the laces and blazing new paths toward healthy living
The COVID-19 pandemic pushed an immigrant mother to grab the kids and hit the road to discover their adopted country. Along the way the family rediscovered itself
A new community of journalists and activists, armed with facts, is working to block a wave of COVID misinformation aimed at immigrant communities
As controversy rages over the ‘immunization’ of football star Aaron Rodgers, Latino athletes have pushed through misinformation to lead community vaccination campaigns
Thousands of indigenous migrants toil on California farms, cut off from mainstream health care by language and cultural barriers. Amid the pandemic, new activists from within the community now work to bridge the gap
Two desert cities are united by history and culture, but divided by a border wall. Amid the pandemic, one Nogales flourishes, while the other suffers
Through public records requests, and journalism embedded in the community, Tina Vasquez exposes a sordid reality behind poultry plants during the pandemic
In Texas, at least 10,500 people died in nursing homes and assisted living facilities during the worst of the pandemic. Through it all, nurses have had to fight the virus twice as hard - on the job and among their families at home
A first responder looks back on a year of frontline work in a pandemic. At first, everyone was on edge, working against an unknown threat and under uncomfortable safety precautions. After thousands of COVID-19 deaths, protecting community and family are now this firefighter’s top priorities
Teachers in Maryland’s Montgomery County formed a group called Las Caza Vacunas -- The Vaccine Hunters -- to help people find shots. The group’s work became more urgent after eligible Blacks and Latinos were turned away at vaccination sites
Guatemalans infected with COVID and deported from the U.S. aggravated the country’s coronavirus outbreak. They have faced stigma and neglect at home. In 2020, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement moved to stop exporting the virus. But documents in Guatemala say infected deportees continue to arrive in planes sent by ICE
Desde que comenzó la pandemia, guatemaltecos infectados por el COVID y deportados se han enfrentado al estigma de la pandemia y al abandono en su país. Autoridades de los Estados Unidos actuaron para eliminar la exportación del virus. Pero informes indican que deportados infectados siguen regresando a Guatemala
In the United States we now have one pandemic for all Americans, and a custom-made disaster for Brown and Black people
Science moved at unprecedented speed to develop vaccines against the new coronavirus. It was too fast for some Latinos -- especially those egged on by myth and misinformation
La ciencia avanzó a una velocidad sin precedentes para desarrollar vacunas contra el nuevo coronavirus. Fue demasiado rápido para algunos latinos, especialmente para aquellos atraídos por los mitos y la desinformación
A California woman watches, unable to help, as her son struggles with COVID and depression inside a notorious ICE lockup. She's found community among families waging a Quixotic fight against official indifference
Nine months into the COVID-19 pandemic, food banks nationwide report a frightening spike in families running short of money, food and hope
Photos and words capture the loneliness of the pandemic for a Texas couple married 51 years but now living just a few feet apart
October 15 is National Latino HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. The day has been celebrated for 17 years, but the 2020 version carries special weight: The pandemic has been particularly harsh on Latinos and poses a greater risk to those already dealing with another dangerous virus.
Falta de cuidado preventivo en la ruta que conecta dos naciones líderes en el ranking de COVID-19 pega fuerte a brasileños ex-detenidos en los Estados Unidos: En Governador Valadares, una ciudad al sureste de Brasil con 145 mil habitantes, hay casi 8.000 casos y 267 muertes.
The United States and Brazil have some of the world’s highest COVID-19 numbers. And as U.S. deportation flights continue sending Brazilians home during the pandemic, inadequate health care by immigration officials has aggravated an outbreak in Governador Valadares, a small city in southeastern Brazil with almost 8,000 infections and 267 deaths.
Gun violence suffered by Latinos in the U.S. has increased. Survivors often face a difficult road ahead that includes medical bills and accessing mental health resources.