Republica partnered with non-profit organization, Amigos For Kids, to create a powerful PSA aimed at raising awareness about the subtle signs of child abuse that, tragically, often go unnoticed. Inspired by the insight that abused children often hide subconscious clues of their situations in classroom drawings, Amigos for Kids created a gallery with a dark, hidden twist during Miami Art Week.
The Healthy Americas Institute of the National Alliance for Hispanic Health (the Alliance) released a survey of attitudes toward health care in the Hispanic community. In addition to providing insight on the Hispanic community, the survey was sufficiently powered to allow meaningful comparisons with the perceptions of non-Hispanic whites and non-Hispanic blacks.
Whenever there is an outbreak of the measles, mumps or some other vaccine preventable infectious disease we hear a lot about herd immunity. The notion that if 90%-95% of a population is vaccinated infectious diseases cannot get a toehold in a population. This idea, however, may be providing us a false sense of security because for herd immunity to work, vaccinated individuals need to be distributed evenly among a population to act as buffers against transmission and it turns out they’re not.
Pfizer, Eli Lilly and the other companies engaged in creating and selling pharmaceutical drugs or treatments are expected to spend $4.4 billion on television commercials this year. That's a seven percent increase from 2016, according to Kantar Media research. With $5 billion a likely TV ad sales outcome next year, Univision Communications Vice President of Business Development, Dennis O'Leary, wants to see more of this spending directed at the nearly 60 million Latinos living across the United States. By Simon Applebaum
Covered California is sending videos like "Guadalupe's Story" to potential customers, to encourage them to sign up for health insurance. The way human brains are wired, it just doesn’t make sense to us to buy something now that we may not need for years in the future.
For young Americans in the dating scene, a new epidemic has emerged – digital dating abuse.
Pan-American Life Insurance Group (PALIG) announced that it has acquired Hola Doctor Inc. (HolaDoctor). The acquisition is a significant strategic initiative by PALIG that both expands its presence in the U.S. Hispanic market and strengthens its position as a healthcare leader in Latin America.
Many people have a hard time walking away from their devices, even when they know they should.