Verónica Zaragovia
Verónica Zaragovia was born in Cali, Colombia, and grew up in South Florida. She’s been a lifelong WLRN listener and is proud to cover health care for the station. Verónica has a bachelor’s degree in political science and a master's degree in journalism. For many years, Veronica lived out of a suitcase (or two) in New York City, Tel Aviv, Hong Kong, Las Vegas, D.C., San Antonio and Austin, where she worked as the statehouse and health care reporter with NPR member station KUT.
In 2016, she received a Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship and moved to Germany’s capital city of Berlin where she lived for several years, working as a freelance reporter and radio instructor to American college students at the Center for International Educational Exchange (CIEE). In between that time, she also spent six months in Colombia, reporting on the peace treaty between the Colombian government and the former FARC guerrilla group, with the support of a grant from the Pulitzer Center.
Verónica speaks English and Spanish fluently and can converse in French, German and Hebrew. She loves warm weather and friendly, diverse people, and that’s why Miami will always be home.
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Hurricanes Helene and Milton disrupted clinical IV fluid supply in Florida, causing potential impact on patient care. -
The open enrollment period began Tuesday and runs through Dec. 7 for 2025 benefits. An AARP drug policy expert says prescription plans are going to be more generous than before. -
Florida is one of 10 states where the Affordable Care Act's expansion of Medicaid for low-income adults has not been implemented. -
State Rep. David Borrero's measure, currently sitting in the Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee, includes an exception for if the mother’s life is at risk and addresses authorization by a minor. -
Researchers explored trends in cigarette smoking among adolescents in grades 9-12 using CDC data from 1991 to 2021. -
The survey of more than 500 programs by the Florida Center for Nursing also finds a decrease in nursing faculty. The reason: Qualified nurses earn more in clinical settings than academic ones. -
Primary caregivers can learn skills to care for people with dementia through a new six-week online certificate program. -
Researchers suggest that as people retire, drive less and face new medical issues, the presence of green spaces could help boost physical activity and reduce chronic stress. -
The facility received chillers over the weekend to help cool down inpatient units. Patients in long- and short-term care have been assigned to other rooms. Non-urgent procedures were postponed. -
Kids are focusing too close for too long and their eyes are actually growing to focus the light for things that are near. But it’s blurring their vision for distance.
