Five factors behind Latin America’s Alarming Dengue Spike
Dengue Virus: A Common Mosquito-Borne Threat in Latin America Dengue, commonly known as breakbone fever, is the most widespread mosquito-borne disease worldwide, with Latin America
How H. pylori does not discriminate against Hispanics/Latinos
Sometimes it may be difficult to find love, but certain pathogens, like Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) are easy to find. This is especially true in
What’s your Latino background? You could be infected with Helicobacter Pylori
Here, I talk about a recent scientific paper showing that there is a difference in H. pylori seroprevalence, or frequency of infection, based on Hispanic/Latino cultural background and multiple factors associate with the disease.
What Hispanics think of using AI in healthcare and medicine
AI is creeping into our lives, including medical research and provider care. But, what do Hispanics think of using AI in health and medicine?
A COVID-19 political remedy to worry about
What can we learn about the Ivermectin craze for policy and decision making?
Need a cheap remedy to fight COVID-19?
Here I provide further details on papers that contributed to the Ivermectin hype, giving false hope to both the scientific community and the public, but were ultimately retracted because of unreliable and unsupported data and interpretations.