Democrats talks with Los Angeles leaders regarding Latino Health Care. (Photo : Reuters) A day before all of the Democratic Party's presidential candidates will meet in Westchester for their 6th debate; they had scheduled a meeting with the elected officials in Los Angeles for a discussion regarding the options for Latino health care.
Zika virus made its way to Puerto Rico causing an alarming outbreak. Earlier this month, news broke out that the Zika virus which cause microcephaly in newborn babies reached Puerto Rico.
Emory University produced a study that offers a clearer understanding of why U.S. Latino and African American patients are less trusting of physicians than white patients.
Immigration and citizenship changes have led to drastic changes for people with Obamacare, with more than 400,000 people seeing their insurance coverage canceled over the last 12 months.
Conventional thoughts about health and wellness are reinvented in the hands of Hispanic millennials, whose attitudes and behaviors regarding health, diet, and exercise, as well as health-related technology, insurance and the Affordable Care Act (aka ObamaCare) differ from their elders.
Kars4Kids, which brings in millions in charitable dollars each year, teamed up with New York State Sen. Gustavo Rivera and the Bronx CAN Health Initiative to host a back-to-school event which benefited thousands of needy children from the Bronx.
The Affordable Care Act (ACA), universally known as Obamacare, opened enrollment for insurance on Oct. 1, 2013. This came as a relief to low income individuals –- particularly members of the Latino community, which has the highest rate for uninsured adults in the county. In some states, more than a quarter of adult women don’t have insurance. In 2010, 30.7 percent of the Hispanic population is uncovered by health insurance, compared to 11.7 percent of the non-Hispanic white population.
