Drug Overdose Deaths During COVID-19: A Historical Spike Among Latinos?
More Americans have died from a drug overdose in the last 12 months than at any other point in history. New research has found a historical 21% spike …
Tag: Hispanic Health
Businesses Aim to Help Latinos Suffering Amid COVID-19
As the coronavirus continues to surge across the US, Latinos are also still enduring its worst impacts. While there was a notable lack of support from…
How Has COVID-19 Affected People with Disabilities?
We know that COVID-19 can impact anyone. But some people are more likely to be infected based on their jobs, living situations, and health conditions.…
Salud America! Gets $650,000 Genentech Grant to Bring More Latinos into Cancer, Alzheimer’s Research
Did you know that Latinos represent 18.5% of the U.S. population, but are less than 10% of those in federal cancer and drug studies? This makes it har…
#SaludTues Tweetchat 2/16: Healthy Hearts: Celebrating American Heart Month During COVID-19
February is American Heart Month. While awareness is important for all people, certain groups—like Latinos—are at a higher risk for heart-related …
5 Ways to Build Trust and Address COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy
As healthcare providers and medical institutions move forward with COVID-19 vaccine distribution, vaccine hesitancy continues to be an issue. Public a…
We’re Hiring a Program Coordinator!
We’re seeking a top-notch program coordinator to join our team at Salud America!, our national Latino health equity organization based at the Instit…
Kendra Gage: Teaching Implicit Bias and Anti-Racism in the Classroom
Kendra Gage starts off all her new classes addressing one obvious fact: she’s white. That’s because Gage is a professor at the University of Nevad…
Survey: Despite Pandemic, Many Don’t See Systemic Racism as Barrier
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted many of the disparities impacting communities of color. Not only has COVID-19 led to a disproportionate number o…
Find Out If You Have Implicit Bias and What to Do Next!
Many people think they harbor no bias toward other people. Or they believe they know their biases and don’t act on them. But everyone has implicit b…