Latinos in the United States account for $1.5 trillion of buying power and were slated to hit $1.7 trillion in by 2020, according to Forbes, if not for the disastrous effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Whether it’s $1.5 trillion or $1.7 trillion, it’s still a lot of moolah, greater than […]
Nine years ago the Journal of Healthcare for the Poor and Undeserved published an article about how to protect vulnerable communities in the event of a pandemic. Yes, a pandemic. That was in 2011, way before a pandemic reared its ugly and life-threatening head in the United States, infecting nearly […]
And One-Third of COVID-19 Cases in Central Florida It’s been said that the COVID-19 pandemic is a great equalizer, but that’s not exactly true. COVID-19 is opportunistic, targeting people wherever and whenever it can. However, the virus does not strike everyone alike. It does discriminate based on age and health […]
In the days and weeks following Hurricane María in 2017, as packed flights arrived from San Juan, people wondered just how many Puerto Ricans had fled the island that was so devastated it couldn’t provide essential public services such as water and electricity for months to come. It was difficult […]
