What’s Wrong with This Picture? The Emergency Room
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention’s Project Firstline program offers training and educational resources on various infection control…
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9 Critical Questions on Medicaid and the Latino Healthcare Crisis
Latinos are uninsured more than two times the rate of their white peers. Given that Latinos are projected to grow to 29% of the population by 2050, th…
The Commercial Determinants of Health
In the last few years of the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us have come to appreciate the critical importance of public health. In honor of National Publ…
Build Health Equity with AHA’s Online Lessons and Toolkits
The American Heart Association (AHA) is working to boost health equity through a variety of online health lessons, called EmPOWERED to Serve. EmPOWERE…
Why Forest Bathing Should Be on Your To-Do List
Research shows that access to nature can improve health outcomes. But walking on trails, hiking, camping, and other outdoor activities aren’t equita…
Big Steps in Correcting the Insulin Crisis
Diabetes affects millions of Americans, especially Latinos. But the cost of insulin medications to manage the disease are unaffordable. Fortunately, r…
Germs: Not Just Surviving, But Thriving
Knowing where germs live and thrive is important for infection control in healthcare. When you understand where germs live and how they can spread fro…
Comment Now: Support Kids with More Nutritious School Meals!
The USDA is proposing stronger nutrition standards for school meals to give kids the right balance of nutrients for healthy and appealing meals. The n…
Want to Screen Patients for SDoH? Consider These Factors
Did you know that our health is influenced by many non-medical factors? That’s right. The conditions in which we are born, grow, live, work, and age…
Number of Latinas in Higher Education Continues to Grow
As the US Latino population continues to grow, so does the representation of Latinas. Today, the Latina population has grown at a faster rate than Lat…