Latinos Face Homelessness Spike Without Congress COVID-19 Relief Bill
Latino and Black people will suffer significant financial problems that could lead to an increase in homelessness if U.S. leaders fail to pass a COVID…
Category: Fuerza por la Salud
#SaludTues Tweetchat 1/5: How to Start 2021 with a Healthier Lifestyle!
Are you making a New Year’s resolution for 2021? It might be spending more time outside. It might be quitting smoking. Or you could be trying to eat…
System Justification Leads to Ignoring COVID-19 Safety Precautions
COVID-19 has been a force in our lives for the last 10 months. At this point, we know the standard procedures for safety precautions, like wearing a m…
Dr. Amelie Ramirez: Tackling Latina Breast Cancer Disparities
Dr. Amelie G. Ramirez, director of Salud America! at UT Health San Antonio, discussed Latina breast cancer in a livestream interview for the Alamo Bre…
Latino-Owned Businesses Are Struggling in the Pandemic. How Can We Help?
COVID-19 isn’t only disproportionately infecting and killing Latinos and causing job loss and stress. The pandemic is also hurting Latino-owned busi…
How a Smoke-Free Policy Protects Apartment Tenants from Secondhand Smoke, COVID-19
Does someone smoke in your apartment complex? You might be inhaling your neighbor’s secondhand smoke. Inside multifamily dwellings, secondhand smoke…
#SaludTues Tweetchat 12/15: Juntos Let’s Stop the Spread of COVID-19 This Holiday Season
As the end of 2020 draws near and the holiday season continues, it’s important to take some time to think about how Latinos and all families over ca…
7 Holiday Actions to Speak Up for Health Equity!
Volunteering for Christmas and New Year’s helps other people and is proven to give the volunteer an emotional boost, too. So why not volunteer your …
Latino Students Fall Behind in Math, Reading Due to COVID-19 School Closures
When schools closed down and switched to online learning at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, some students began falling behind in class. The stude…
Jennifer Rangel: Creating Bilingual Cartoons to Teach Zoning 101
“Ever wondered why your neighborhood looks how it does?” Jennifer Rangel once asked herself this question. To find an answer, Rangel, got a master…