Latinos

Despite a wide variety of challenges from job loss to distrust of the establishment, the success the Hispanic community has seen could help other communities tackle vaccine hesitancy.

Dr. Raul Pino says there are pockets of the Orlando-area Latino community that still aren't vaccinated for COVID and that access problems include the inability to take time off the job to get the shot.

A statewide organization representing farmworkers is raising alarms about food insecurity as resources made available during the pandemic begin to cut back.

Black Americans' vaccination rates still trail other groups, while Hispanics show improvement. In Florida, 26% of white people have received a COVID-19 shot, compared with 13% of Blacks.

A survey shows that unvaccinated Hispanics are almost twice as likely as unvaccinated Blacks or whites to want a COVID shot. Many still face a variety of access problems, ranging from fear to time squeeze.

Language barriers and other factors can make it harder for Latino residents to get vaccinated in Florida. Community groups and government agencies are trying to change that.

It's not a matter of vaccine hesitancy, say advocates. Instead, poorly located clinics, lack of flexible appointments and other barriers to access are hampering Philadelphia's hardest-hit communities.

Surveys show that support for COVID-19 vaccines is rising among Black and Latino populations, now that tens of millions of Americans have safely received the shots.

On Tuesday, Spanish-speaking faculty members are starting a series of Zoom discussions about the vaccine and ways to prevent the spread of the virus, which disproportionately affects Hispanic communities.

The website, which also has information in English and Mandarin, can search for vaccination locations across South Florida and the United States.