Health

At the peak of the pandemic, nearly half of positive covid-19 cases in North Carolina were among Latinos, despite just being 9.6% of the population. In the absence of adequate state or federal support, a group of Latina doctors and activists is taking the community’s health into their own hands.

Alarm bells are ringing in Europe and there are some danger signs in the United States, but experts say it’s still too soon to tell what will happen in the next few months. A lot depends on our social behavior.

Tener diabetes aumenta el riesgo de enfermedad cardíaca en un 20%. Cambios saludables en el estilo de vida pueden ayudar a reducirlo. Los especialistas también recomiendan estar atentos a las señales de alerta.

Trump promised a “miracle” and he may need one to persuade his skeptical supporters to take the covid-19 vaccine when it becomes available. For years, Trump was a vaccine skeptic who blamed childhood immunizations for autism. (Leer en español)

A diferencia de otras ensaladas, esta te dejará plenamente satisfecho. En apenas dos pasos está lista para servir.

Under the United States Constitution, no one can be charged in federal court without the case first being brought before a grand jury. Meanwhile, many federal investigations are on hold and arrests are delayed due to the inability to press charges. (Leer en Español)

The list of governors who ordered face masks to be used in public has grown in response to the uptick in coronavirus cases in the United States. The states that are reporting the worst outbreaks have one thing in common: they do not require (or until recently did not require) the widespread use of face masks.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends daily exercise, a healthy diet and learning the method of relaxation breathing.

Antojitos Carmen is a popular, family-owned Mexican restaurant in the small town of Columbus Junction, Iowa. But, an outbreak of coronavirus in a local Tyson meat packing plant turned the community into one of nation's hotspots for the disease, wreaking havoc on three generations of the restaurant's immigrant owners. (Leer en español)

An outbreak of covid-19 at a Tyson meat processing plant in Columbus Junction turned an Iowa county one of the nation's coronavirus hotspots. It was a life and death fight for María del Carmen Castellanos and her husband Salvador Ortega, the owners of the Mexican restaurant 'Antojitos Carmen.' (Read full story)