Virtual Patient Education En Español: Clinical Trial Myths & Realities
You are invited to join the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) for a free virtual education program for patients and their families in Spanish. The eve…
Month: February 2022
Improving the Cybersecurity Posture of Healthcare in 2022
As the Director of the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (OCR), prioritizing cyber security and patient priv…
Latino Students are Facing Segregation and Its Endangering Education
Latino students face many systemic barriers to quality education, including a lack of access to preschool and little diversity among teachers. W…
Take Action for Obesity Care Week 2022!
Obesity Care Week 2022 (#OCW2022) is here! From Feb. 27 to March 5, 2022, Obesity Care Week is an annual public awareness effort to end weight bias, a…
Sugary Drinks Increase Prediabetes Risk for Latinos
Consuming sugary drinks like soda and juice may increase the risk of prediabetes for Latino adults, according to a new study from Duke University Scho…
Putting Health and Equity at the Center when Addressing Climate Change
When many people think about climate change, they think about far-away places, like the Arctic, and far-away times in the future. But climate change i…
Video Contest for Teens with an ‘Eye on the Future’ for Science Careers
The National Eye Institute has launched the Eye on the Future campaign to encourage teens to pursue careers in science, specifically eye health and bi…
NASA's Perseverance Celebrates First Year on Mars by Learning to Run
The rover has racked up a series of accomplishments, including new distance records, as it reaches the end of the first of several planned science cam…
Students With Perseverance Receive Messages From Mars, Courtesy of NASA
The first set of middle-schoolers in the agency’s “You’ve Got Perseverance!” campaign was honored with a message from the Red Planet and a cha…
Latino Congressional Leaders Call for Methane Reform
Methane gas emissions have been on the rise over the past 15 years, according to recent numbers published by National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administr…