With the official start of the summer season looming, experts are warning beach revelers and those intent on baring more skin about the need to employ sunscreen
With summer fast approaching, a National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases expert is warning that mosquitoes carrying the Zika virus could soon be descending across the country.
The national effort to engage Americans, particularly the Latino community, about the Affordable Care Act (ACA) continued at Enroll America’s third State of Enrollment conference in Washington, D.C., where Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, exclusively told Latin Post about the health reform law’s benefits for the people.
U.S. Rep. Joaquín Castro, D-Texas, and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell will address the state of the country's health care system at the State of Enrollment Conference in Washington, D.C. late next week.
A new study found that Latinos are especially bad about distracted driving. A new study found that Latinos are especially bad about distracted driving.
A new study conducted by a team of John Hopkins doctors finds that medical errors could be responsible for more deaths than such notorious respiratory diseases as emphysema and bronchitis.
In an effort to further monitor the Zika virus awareness and prevention campaign, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Burwell will visit Puerto Rico on April 26, including a meeting with Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla.
Mexico President Enrique Peña Nieto plans to spearhead a drive aimed at legalizing the use of medicinal marijuana, which could also push the idea of decriminalizing possession of certain amounts of the drug.
The cash-strapped island cannot afforts to fund hospitals and hospital staff necessary for fighting Zika, the bloodborne disease that can have devastating affects on infants and pregnant women.
The state of California could be the first in the country to seek to legally allow immigrants the right to purchase health care insurance through Obamacare.
Immigration raids have brought fear and unrest to undocumented immigrant communities, but a new study finds they may also have devastating medical consequences.
Likely in response to Puerto Rico's deteriorating health care, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will increase Medicare rates for the commonwealth by slightly more than one percent.
While many countries have been abnegating their citizens of this right, there are those who have been true to their word and take their healthcare systems very seriously. Cuba is one such country that offers an all-encompassing medical coverage for its people as opposed to a profit-driven healthcare system in some countries like the United States.
In all, the study found more than half of all Latino and African American kids living without healthcare could be eligible for the Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
The world is getting bigger and a new study by researchers from Imperial College London revealed the data behind it. Published in The Lancet, the study compared the body mass index (BMI) of nearly 20 million adults over the years from 1975 to 2014 with several significant findings including the fact that obesity is at an all-time global high -- even outnumbering the people who are underweight.
The Zika virus has been sweeping Latin America, but health officials in the U.S. are being warned of the possibility of the virus reaching the country during the mosquito season. Summer, which will bring with it a rise in mosquito numbers, might see some scattered outbreaks of Zika in the U.S.
Cataracts are something a huge chunk of aging people have to deal with, but a new study published in Ophthalmology revealed that a good way to minimize the likelihood of the disease is to maintain a diet rich in Vitamin C and various fruits and vegetables.
