Remezcla https://remezcla.com/tag/healthcare/ Our Thing Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:30:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://remezcla.com/wp-content/themes/remezcla/assets/images/social/precomposed-144x144.png Remezcla https://remezcla.com/tag/healthcare/ 144 144 Puerto Rico Could Lose Medicare Funding By September https://remezcla.com/culture/puerto-rico-lose-medicare-funding-september/ Wed, 21 Jul 2021 13:25:42 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=306862 Hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans could lose their health care as early as September — a reality that Puerto Rican Health Secretary Carlos Mellado is trying to avoid. Mellado was in Washington, D.C. last month to meet with lawmakers in the hopes of getting more aid to the U.S. territory, specifically for Medicare. The main issue

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]]> PUERTORICO-HEALTH-VIRUS A man wearing a surgical mask sits in front of the emergency room entrance of the Ashford Presbyterian Community Hospital where the first coronavirus patient on the island died earlier in the day in San Juan, Puerto Rico on March 21, 2020. - Almost one billion people were confined to their homes worldwide as the global coronavirus death toll topped 12,000 and US states rolled out stay-at-home measures already imposed across swathes of Europe. More than a third of Americans were adjusting to life in various phases of virtual lockdown -- including in the US's three biggest cities of New York, Los Angeles and Chicago -- with more states expected to ramp up restrictions. (Photo by Ricardo ARDUENGO / AFP) (Photo by RICARDO ARDUENGO/AFP via Getty Images) Life Expectancy is Down For Hispanics By Almost Four Years, Largely Due to the Pandemic https://remezcla.com/culture/life-expectancy-hispanics-drop-pandemic-covid-19-new-report/ Fri, 25 Jun 2021 15:29:37 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=306301 A new study released on Wednesday (June 23) estimates that the life expectancy of Americans has decreased by almost two years, with Black and Hispanic Americans (as identified within the study) facing disproportionate rates. Both communities had nearly double the decrease in life expectancy within the researched period. Studies conducted and released by the British Medical

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]]> First Case of COVID-19 Caused by Coronavirus in Brazil A woman wears a protective mask as walking on the subway on February 27, 2020 in São Paulo, Brazil. Photo by Victor Moriyama/Getty Images 29,000 DACA Recipients Are Fighting COVID-19 as Healthcare Workers https://remezcla.com/culture/daca-healthcare-workers-supreme-court-decision/ Tue, 14 Apr 2020 19:04:14 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=278750 Healthcare workers are fighting COVID-19 on the frontlines, risking their lives, their safety, and their own well-being to provide some relief from more than 602,000 total infections in the country so far. According to a new report, approximately 29,000 of these healthcare workers—whose jobs include serving as doctors, paramedics, nurses, and more—are Deferred Action for

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]]> Thousands Join “Defend DACA” March In Los Angeles Thousands of immigrants and supporters join the Defend DACA March to oppose the President Trump order to end DACA on September 10, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. Photo by David McNew/Getty Images