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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NewsU.S. Congresswoman Frederica Wilson gathered with local leaders on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, to announce federal grant money aimed at improving health care in neighborhoods with large populations of Black residents in Miami-Dade County, including Liberty City, Brownsville, Allapattah, Wynwood, Little Haiti, and North Miami. -
NewsState-supported COVID-19 testing sites have been reporting longer lines of cars again, which means they're filling up. That may limit the number of available walk-up tests. You can avoid getting turned away by making an appointment.
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NewsA group of mayors from across Florida hosted a Zoom press conference to discuss a letter they’ve sent to Gov. Ron DeSantis, urging him to work with them to bring down COVID-19 infection rates.
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NewsA team of physicians at the University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine have a research study underway on one of the COVID-19 vaccine trials, and they still need volunteers. The trial will determine if the investigational Janssen vaccine can prevent symptomatic COVID-19 after a single dose.
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NewsThe John F. Kennedy Library, with its vibrant murals, was the backdrop to a political feud in its parking lot. The library is located in Hialeah, a city with a large Cuban-American population, and previously a Republican stronghold.
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NewsMore than 16,800 people in Florida have now died from COVID-19. We’re remembering one of them, José Antonio Reyes, who moved from Cuba to Miami in 1980, with his wife and daughter.
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NewsDozens of groups and individuals sent a joint letter to Attorney General Ashley Moody this week, asking her to withdraw Florida from the list of plaintiffs in the California v. Texas suit. Florida joined the lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act in 2018, under former Attorney General Pam Bondi. Moody inherited the case.
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NewsHealth experts say when test results are delayed it impacts contact tracing and quarantine efforts that help prevent the disease from spreading.
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NewsThis week, President Donald Trump’s administration announced Florida’s getting 6,460,000 COVID-19 antigen tests produced by Abbott, called BinaxNOW. Antigen tests produce results quickly, but they're not sensitive tests, so health professionals worry about false negatives.
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NewsNearly 15,500 people in Florida have died from COVID-19, which is not just a statistic, but a number that represents people in our communities. People like Shadel Hamilton, a Miami-Dade Transit worker and pastor at his church in Miami Gardens, who died from COVID-19.
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NewsToday, Oct. 5, is the last day to register to vote in Florida for the Nov. 3 election, Doctors and other healthcare workers in South Florida and around the country want people to understand how their vote is connected to their health.
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NewsDr. Howard Pratt, a child and adolescent psychiatrist at Community Health of South Florida, has advice on how to step in and support young people who are struggling with difficult emotions and stress.
