By Mariana Llamas-Cendon LatinaLista MEXICO CITY — Surgical masks and respirators have become a popular shield against the swine flu or H1N1 virus pandemic but they are not almighty. According to a story published on Esmas.com, the news website…
(This is the second in a continuing series of periodic reports Latina Lista is receiving from correspondents in Mexico City.) By Mara Muñoz LatinaLista MEXICO CITY — Last Monday, April 27, was an unusual day in Mexico City. It…
By Anahi Parra LatinaLista — For the first time since the earthquake in 1985, Mexico City is paralized. Schools are closed until May 6th, as well as museums, libraries, movie theatres and other cultural venues. Like in a science-fiction…
La Prensa San Antonio, Tx.- The Texas Department of State Health Services announced that they will be temporarily closing Steele High School in Cibolo due to the recent outbreak of the swine influenza. School officials say two students tested…
LatinaLista — With news reports of the escalating number of deaths in Mexico being attributed to swine flu, it’s easy to see how rapidly news is changing and traveling. Mexico City-based journalist Deborah Bonello, a.k.a. Mexico Reporter, wears her…
Pope Benedict created a global outrage with his recent remarks regarding the effectiveness of condoms against the spread of AIDS. In the United States, his remarks have the potential to impact this nation’s Hispanic population who have not only…
LatinaLista — Do you know what lupus is? If you’re a woman and you don’t know, you’re not unlike the 80 percent of young women who said they didn’t know in a recent online survey about the disease. Yet,…
LatinaLista — We are groomed to believe that all Latinas are natural-born mothers. In fact, the assumption has morphed into a stereotype of most Latinas. When some of us don’t especially feel that maternal connection with our newborns, we…
LatinaLista — The teen birth rate in the United States increased 1% in 2007, according to data released today by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). This is the second year in a row that the teen birth…
LatinaLista — People in the South Texas region, affectionately known as the Valley, have historically been ignored by the state of Texas and Washington. It wasn’t until Hillary Clinton singled out the Valley during her failed presidential campaign that…
LatinaLista — If it’s March, tis the season of Spring Break when college students everywhere participate in extreme partying and extreme drinking. Then there are those people who don’t need the excuse of Spring Break to drink at all….
LatinaLista — Violence against women is a worldwide phenomenon that pits abused women against society and their respective judicial systems. It’s only through men and women working together to create solutions can long-lasting change occur and put a halt…
By Anahi Parra LatinaLista MEXICO: If you surf the internet looking for some information about Mexico, the first data that comes up from newspapers and websites is inevitably related to drug trafficking, violence, and corruption as constant characteristics of…
LatinaLista — As any good Latina knows, we are in the midst of the Lenten season. In other words, there are a lot more seafood commercials on TV right now. At any rate, one traditional dish that is very…
LatinaLista — Gender abuse is a real issue within the Latino community. Back in 2006, a survey of American teenagers’ attitudes towards abuse in dating relationships, conducted by Teenage Research Unlimited, found that “fully 13 percent of Hispanic middle-…
LatinaLista — Mañana may be the internationally observed day of L-O-V-E, otherwise known as Valentine’s Day but it’s also the start of Condom Awareness Week. The link between the two should be obvious — people in love usually want…
LatinaLista — Though what’s happening on Wall Street and in Congress is having a lot of people seeing red these days, it’s time to wear the color. No, not to show your displeasure with how things are going in…
LatinaLista — A new study reveals that more Latinas take the initiative to conduct self breast exams. Yet, when a lump is found, we tend to wait at least a month before doing anything. Why aren’t more Latinas running…
LatinaLista — When it comes to certain topics in the Latino community, there are several, to this day, that remain “taboo.” In other words, we don’t like talking about them because we feel otra gente (other people) will think…
LatinaLista — Unbelievably, the issue of immigration is still being used by some Congressional politicians to prove a point. That they want to make an example of defenseless children who are legal immigrants to continue making their point illustrates…
LatinaLista – The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released their annual report on teenage pregnancy rates and found that the teen birth rate for the nation as a whole has increased for the first time in 15 years in…
LatinaLista — It’s a fact that people love their cell phones. It’s also a fact that girls love MTVish reality shows. Combine these two facts and they serve as the premise of a new study by nurse educators at…
LatinaLista — A New Year’s Day ritual in city newspapers across the country is to identify the first baby born in the New Year in that particular city. On the heels of the news that former Republican vice presidential…
LatinaLista — Did you know that calendars have pretty much been around since the dawn of humanity – give or take a few thousand years. The start of any new year without one is like a bad omen or…
LatinaLista — The term “crisis” is one that health professionals are usually careful about using when talking publicly about a healthcare issue. Yet, officials with the Latino Commission on AIDS aren’t shy about using the term to describe the…
