While more than 60 million in the U.S. have received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine, Latinos are getting vaccinated at low rates. Pulso has rounded up answers to five questions you might have about the vaccine. How do vaccines work? There is a long history…
It’s now been a year since the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 a pandemic. By the end of March 11, 2020, the financial market had dropped, travel was banned, and across the world people came to terms that life would soon change. Since then, we’ve learned a…
On Tuesday night, a man killed eight people — six of whom were women of Asian descent — in three different massage parlors in Georgia in the worst mass shooting in almost two years. Many have drawn attention to the multi-layered sexism and racism that would motivate the…
The Biden-Harris administration is confronting multiple immigration issues as an increasing number of immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border is overwhelming the current infrastructure. According to the Department of Homeland Security, agents saw more than 9,000 minors traveling alone at the U.S. border last month — the highest number…
The Federal Communications Commission recently approved the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program, which could end up benefiting many Latino families. The program provides low-income households with a stipend up to $50 per month to help pay for broadband internet access — or up to $75 for people that live…
As part of a greater move to undo the previous administration’s rhetoric and messaging against immigrants, President Joe Biden is doing away with a 2020 version of the civic exam for people seeking citizenship. In its place: an older version of the test used before the Trump era. …
A new bipartisan bill introduced by a Florida politician and Puerto Rico’s non-voting member of Congress seeks to make Puerto Rico a state, but Washington Democrats are split on the issue. Puerto Rico’s Governor, Pedro Pierluisi, has met with President Joe Biden’s team. He and other pro-statehood politicians…
President Joe Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act into law on Thursday, a day after the House of Representatives voted for it, 220-211. The $1.9 trillion stimulus package, which marks Biden’s first substantial act as president, represents a wide-ranging effort to provide Americans with some relief as…
Latinos are 130% more likely to have kidney failure compared to non-Hispanic white people. That’s one statistic health advocacy organizations are hoping to change, as they launch new public awareness campaigns this National Kidney Month. March 11 marks World Kidney Day, with kidney health being recognized throughout the…