Teen suicide and depression rates amid the pandemic are as alarming as deaths from Covid-19, but few mental health resources are available to address this shadow pandemic, especially within [...] Continue Reading
Science & Health
Omicron and a Collapsed Healthcare System
Almost two years after the Covid-19 pandemic started, 270 million people have been infected with the virus and 5.3 million have died worldwide. Cases in the United States exceed 50 million, while more [...] Continue Reading
La Nueva Variante de Covid-19 es Muy Contagiosa
Covid 19 ya a tomado la vida de más de 800 mil personas en EE.UU. con la variante Omicron como catalizador. Y con nuestras adicciones a las fiestas de vacaciones, compartiendo espacios cerrados sin [...] Continue Reading
Que quede constancia, con el Gobernador Gavin Newsom: California sigue al frente de la lucha contra la COVID-19
Por el Gobernador Gavin Newsom Desde los primeros días de la pandemia, California ha estado al frente de la lucha nacional contra la COVID-19 mediante una fuerte labor de vacunación arraigada en la [...] Continue Reading
Covid-19 Is Still Around Us
We didn’t like the “stay in shelter” order from our leaders. We didn’t like to stay home for several months without going out to restaurants or visiting our friends. Of course, we didn’t like it and [...] Continue Reading
Vacunar A Los niños Puede Ser Vital Para Controlar COVID-19
Casi un millón de niños de 5 a 11 años han sido vacunados en Estados Unidos desde que fue aprobada la vacuna Pfizer-BioNTech para este grupo etario el pasado 20 de septiembre. Los esfuerzos por [...] Continue Reading
Universal or Selective Boosters?
Administering third shots of the Covid-19 vaccine has become a hotly debated issue in recent weeks. The White House plan for the boosters to reach the entire population contradicts the guidelines of [...] Continue Reading
Cuba Is Vaccinating and It Works (Imagine That!)
Cuba is vaccinating faster than any other country in the world, in terms of the percentage of population. Currently, more than 90% of vaccine-eligible people have had at least one dose and 63% are [...] Continue Reading
Marching for Women’s Reproductive Rights
Just a few weeks ago, on Sept. 1, Texas implemented one of the strictest abortion laws in the country. Women are only allowed abortions before a pregnancy hits the six-week mark. By this time, health [...] Continue Reading
Latino Essential Workers on Covid and Vaccines
By Jim Mendez Background As a retired Latino physician in California, I have been troubled about the severe, negative impact Covid-19 has had on the health of Latinos.3,4,8 Based on April 1, [...] Continue Reading
Pandemic Continues to Take Major Toll Despite Effective Vaccines
By Sunita Sohrabji The Covid-19 pandemic is continuing to take a major toll, despite the availability of proven mitigation measures and effective vaccines, said four subject matter experts from the [...] Continue Reading
Safe Schools in the Covid Era
The beginning of a school year is always a time of excitement but also of stress for schools, parents and students, and this year was not the exception; on the contrary, these emotions were [...] Continue Reading