Oct 9, 2020
Los Angeles essential worker Maria de Lourdes Alvarado, her family's sole breadwinner, developed COVID-19 while juggling two jobs. She’s now focused on educating her community and helping them access jobs and health care.
Oct 8, 2020
A scientific statement highlights disparities in LGBTQ cardiovascular health and points the way for more – and better – research.
Oct 7, 2020
Researchers found that "psychosocial resilience" may be more important for cardiovascular health in Black adults than where they live, which has historically been a social determinant of health.
Oct 6, 2020
Drag performer Mutha Chucka was diagnosed with a severe heart problem and nearly died. Determination to get well and have a heart-healthy lifestyle helped Mutha recover.
Oct 2, 2020
The 20th anniversary of a large stroke study in Corpus Christi, Texas, highlights – and is helping to shrink – health disparities between Mexican Americans and their white peers. BDT
Sep 28, 2020
For 20 years, Nuestra Escuela in Puerto Rico has helped 2,500 students by supporting them socioeconomically as well as intellectually.
Sep 24, 2020
First-generation American Ngoc Vuong devotes himself to shedding light on mental health education and disparities.
Sep 22, 2020
Metabolic syndrome, a group of risk factors that can signal future diabetes or cardiovascular disease, is rising in Hispanic adults, as well as among younger adults.
Sep 15, 2020
Fascinated with the relationship between food and health since childhood, Lorena Melendez-Chavez is putting her nutrition education to work preventing obesity and diabetes in greater Los Angeles.
Sep 14, 2020
Black adults with so-called resistant hypertension often don't get the right medications or receive counseling about the use of healthy behaviors to lower their blood pressure, according to new research.