A Postal Worker Begged for Stronger COVID-19 Protections
Last November, just as Minnesota was suffering through a punishing wave of COVID-19, managers at a St. Paul U.S. Postal Service distribution center allowed employees to hold a going-away…
COVID-19: Doctors Agree That Masks Are Here to Stay
The reopening of the economy amid the pandemic has generated confusion among Americans about whether or not they should continue wearing masks. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says that…
Largest US Nurses Union Urges CDC to Reinstate Federal Mask Mandate
Declaring Covid-19 vaccines “not enough by themselves to combat the pandemic,” the nation’s largest union of registered nurses on July 13 called on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
Collecting FEMA Funeral Money Takes Some Tenacity
As a funeral director at Ingold Funeral and Cremation in Fontana, California, Jessica Rodríguez helps families say goodbye to their loved ones. “We serve predominantly Latino families, most of them…
Thousands of Young Children Lost Parents to Covid
By JoNel Aleccia Five months after her husband died of covid-19, Valerie Villegas can see how grief has wounded her children. Nicholas, the baby, who was 1 and…
Pandemia Eleva el Número de Beneficiarios de Medicaid a Más de 80 Millones
Por Phil Galewitz Las últimas cifras de inscripción al Medicaid muestran que creció de 71,3 millones de miembros en febrero de 2020, cuando la pandemia comenzaba en los Estados…
Labor Dept. Issues Emergency Rules to Protect Health Care Workers
By Christina Jewitt Labor Department officials last week announced a temporary emergency standard to protect health care workers, saying they face “grave danger” in the workplace from the ongoing…
Colorado’s Homebound Population Receiving COVID Vaccines
by Eric Galatas State health agencies are continuing to help people with disabilities who are physically unable to leave their homes to get COVID-19 vaccines, but work still is…
For This Hospice Nurse, the Covid Shot Came Too Late
By Heidi de Marco Antonio Espinoza loved the Los Angeles Dodgers. He loved them so much that he was laid to rest in his favorite Dodgers jersey. His family…
Senators Push for Improved Outreach to Latino Communities
U.S. Senators Bob Menendez, the highest-ranking Latino in the U.S. Congress, Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) sent a letter last week to Health and…