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You Helped Us Raise Nearly $5,000 on Giving Tuesday. Help Us Raise $5,000 More and Reach Our Goal This Holiday Season.
On Giving Tuesday, you helped us prove that our communities will not be erased when we come together. On December 2, you helped NHMA raise $4,515, breaking all previous single-day donation records, directly impacting NHMA's programs and initiatives. However, the continued efforts to suppress Hispanic and Latino progress worsen by the week.
NHMA continues to advocate for our communities, but we still need your help. Following the success of our Giving Tuesday fundraising drive, we have extended the deadline and are asking for your help to reach our Holiday fundraising goal of $10,000.
Visit the NHMA Alliance website and complete your donation before 2026. Juntos, podemos más.
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NHMA's Statement on Recent ACIP Recommendations
NHMA is strongly concerned with the recent Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) decision to recommend delaying the first dose of the hepatitis B vaccine.
This radical departure from more than 30 years of sound public health guidance endangers our children, particularly in Latino and other underserved communities. It also undermines decades of progress in preventing chronic diseases, such as liver disease, cancer and death.
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CME Webinar Series, Part 2: The Role of Pharmacies in HIV Prevention — Feb. 4!
Join NHMA on February 4, from 3-4 p.m. ET, for a timely webinar on how pharmacists are expanding HIV prevention access through PrEP, PEP and culturally responsive care for Spanish-speaking patients. The webinar is free for all to attend, and CME credits will be available at no cost for NHMA members and for $25 to nonmembers.
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NHMA Seeks Health Leaders for Walk with a Doc Series in Miramar, Florida
NHMA and AARP are looking to identify new physician leaders or medical students interested in leading the Walk with a Doc series in Miramar, Florida.
- Frequency: 4th Saturday of each month
- Time: 8:30 a.m. ET
- Location: River Run Park | 9400 Miramar Blvd, Miramar, FL 33025
- Looking for: A leader or multiple leaders to take on the monthly walks for 2026
If you are interested in volunteering, please email Felipe Rivadeneira at frivadeneira@nhmamd.org.
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NHMA Fights Flu with FFF and Kaden Blaze
NHMA teamed up with Families Fighting Flu (FFF) to provide a Spanish translation of 'Kaden Blaze, Flu Fighter,' a new comic book that tells the true story of Kaden Stephenson, a 10-year-old Michigan boy who lost both of his legs due to complications from the flu.
This comic book aims to highlight the importance of timely vaccination against the flu and other preventable illnesses, including RSV and COVID-19.
Check out a preview of the comic book in English and Spanish, as well as a FREE downloadable flu fact sheet in English and Spanish.
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NHMA Obesity Resources for Providers
Obesity is one of the most urgent and costly health challenges in the U.S. One in four Latino adults has obesity, compared to one in six non-Hispanic Whites, and Latina women have the highest rates nationwide. Latino adults are also more likely to develop diabetes, heart disease and certain weight-related cancers.
Visit NHMA's obesity page to learn more about obesity, counterfeit drugs and what physicians and patients need to know to combat this potentially deadly disease. This page includes downloadable provider resources and infographics meant for sharing with your practice or staff.
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Recognizing RSV
Have you reacquainted yourself with RSV? A congested or runny nose, sore throat and a dry cough could be a simple case of the common cold. Or, it could be RSV.
Check out our NIAC-approved, bilingual RSV fact sheet to reacquaint yourself and teach your patients what an RSV infection could look like.
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New Journal of the National Hispanic Medical Association Issue Is Out Now: Read, Review, Write and Contribute
Volume 3, Issue 2 of the JNHMA is out now. You can read the editorial and journal articles below.
Enjoying the latest issue of the JNHMA, or have you enjoyed reading previous issues? Then you might enjoy writing or becoming a reviewer for the Journal. For more information on how to become a reviewer or on how to submit a research article, commentary, case study or editorial, please reach out to Felipe Rivadeneira at frivadeneira@nhmamd.org.
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Tackling Respiratory Illness Season With NHMA
The 2025-2026 respiratory illness season is fully underway. Respiratory viruses like RSV, the flu, COVID-19 and meningitis pose a heightened threat during the cooler winter months. Prepare yourself and your patients for this respiratory illness season with the right knowledge and tools, presented by NHMA and NHMA's National Immunization Advisory Committee (NIAC).
Stay tuned for a new batch of materials being approved for release by our NIAC this week!
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HIV: Stopping a Dangerous but Preventable Disease
HIV is still a massive issue in Hispanic/Latino and minority communities. In 2023, the rate of new HIV diagnoses compared to non-Hispanic white individuals was 8.4X higher in people who identified as Black, and 5.2X higher in people who identified as Hispanic or Latino.
Visit NHMA's and CDC's Let's Stop HIV Together Campaign website to learn more about NHMA's impact on HIV in our communities, view and download culturally competent resources and stay up to date on all upcoming in-person and virtual events.
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Become a Champion Today
Hispanic and Latino communities often face unique barriers to getting vaccinated. Champions help break down those barriers by sharing trustworthy, culturally relevant resources with their families, friends and neighbors.
Join us this respiratory illness season and make a difference in your community.
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Bilingual Medical Spanish/Medical English Elective & Scholarship (NYC, 2026)
Fourth-year medical students who have passed Step 1 at LCME- or COCA-accredited medical schools with advanced or native Spanish proficiency are invited to apply for bilingual, bicultural electives in NYC. Electives include Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pediatric EM, Pathology and Psychiatry, with a focus on caring for Spanish-speaking patients.
Students will provide care in Medical Spanish and English (>25% of encounters in Spanish) and participate in reflection on health disparities at Elmhurst Hospital or partner sites. Limited scholarships are available for elective costs, travel and housing (up to $1,500).
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United Hospital Fund's Health Equity Fellowship Program
Are you an early- to mid-career physician or nurse working across New York City's health ecosystem? United Hospital Fund's Health Equity Fellowship has kicked off its 2nd cohort!
Learn more and apply for this 18-month program.
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NIDDK Medical Student Research Program in Diabetes
The NIH-funded Medical Student Research Program in Diabetes and Obesity gives medical students a summer research opportunity at one of 13 centers nationwide, working with leading scientists in diabetes, physiology, public health and obesity.
| | NHMA’s Job Board connects Latino physicians, health care professionals and students with career opportunities nationwide. Browse listings to take the next step in your career, or post your own openings to reach our members and network. | | |
Feeling disconnected from NHMA?
Visit our new events page and register for an upcoming event!
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Thanks for reading! The NHMA staff wishes you and your family a merry Christmas, happy holidays and a wonderful new year!
- Felipe Rivadeneira, Digital Strategy and Multimedia Communications Manager
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