Verónica Zaragovia
Health Care ReporterVerónica 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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Nursing home staffing problems in Florida date back two decades, and boosting wages is the solution most often agreed upon. A 2022 bill called SB 804, however, is causing concerns among those who watch the industry closely or work in it for its proposal to address staffing shortages. -
A bill being considered by legislators would cut the required time that a nurse or certified nursing assistant spends with a patient in a long-term care facility from 3.6 hours to one hour. It would also permit nonmedical staff to replace CNAs for 2.5 hours every day.
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Opened in 1958, the Deauville resort may soon be demolished if found structurally unfit to save. The building's likely destruction is devastating to the city's Historic Preservation Board.
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Coronavirus test sites have popped up throughout South Florida.
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Professor Jason Salemi at the University of South Florida College of Public Health in Tampa explains why the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should present its COVID-19 vaccination data consistent with the recommendations to the public regarding optimal immunization against the disease.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed four bills Thursday, including one that fines companies if they don't let workers opt out of vaccine requirements through a number of exemptions.
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A Delray Beach-based filmmaker tells WLRN about the impact of hospital mergers on the cost of the care the new system provides, as spotlighted in her documentary, "InHospitable."
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After the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved a Pfizer vaccine dose safe for 5 to 11-year-old children against COVID-19, a pediatrician tells WLRN why parents and guardians should take kids in this group to get protected against the disease as soon as possible.
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Miami Beach residents have voted to reelect Dan Gelber as mayor for what will be his third consecutive term as mayor. Voters also supported a ban on alcohol sales after 2 a.m. in the South Beach entertainment district. Last call is currently 5 a.m.
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Steve Rosenthal, 72, lost the Champlain Towers South apartment he lived in for 20 years. He had planned to sell it in a few years, after paying his assessment to complete required repairs and improvements on the Surfside building. Now, he no longer has a home of his own and says he's worried about affording his retirement.
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Miami Beach residents, and hospitality workers, will soon be heard on 2 a.m. alcohol cutoff proposalResidents of Miami Beach are once again having a say in this year's election on whether the city should ban alcohol sales after 2 a.m., in a non-binding vote.
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Miami-Dade County has suggested disposing of some Champlain Towers South condo building remnants that they deem no longer have evidentiary value, but a number of victims' family members worry that human remains could still be in that rubble that's stored outdoors in Doral.
