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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NewsWhen the coronavirus enters the body, usually through the nose, mouth or eyes, it takes over cells and starts to multiply. A molecular or PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test, a lab technician may find out how much of the virus you have. Getting a negative result, though, doesn't necessarily mean you're in the clear. -
NewsOn Tuesday, Florida recorded a jump in new COVID-19 cases after the lab Quest Diagnostics uploaded tens of thousands of test results, some dating all the way back to April. Florida's state agencies then cut ties with Quest almost immediately.
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NewsPalm Beach county commissioners voted unanimously to approve a needle exchange program through a nonprofit called Rebel Recovery.
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NewsFlorida Has A New Advocate For Nursing Home Residents, As They're Set To Soon Receive Visitors AgainMany people in Florida who live in nursing homes have gone more than five months without visitors. Now, as residents are about to receive visitors again, they also have a new advocate looking out for them.
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NewsTwo fourth-year students at the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine, and their faculty mentor, completed a recently-published study that suggests hospitals across Florida would save millions of dollars with the help of syringe exchange programs.
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NewsNext month, Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens will welcome football fans again inside the venue after making upgrades that will reduce contact among people. Still, this announcement comes as Miami-Dade County kept the rate at which people test positive for COVID-19 at beneath 10 percent for six days, when infectious disease experts recommend 14 days to lift more restrictions on businesses.
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NewsCOVID-19 numbers and figures are supposed to give us a road map about how, when and if we can get back to a more normal life, but there’s so much we’re still learning. We set out to figure out which numbers we should be paying attention to and to understand how Florida is doing.
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NewsFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis suggests South Florida should join the rest of the state in the second phase of economic recovery efforts. He's also concerned the state has spent too much money on testing asymptomatic young people.
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Local NewsWe’ve seen how vulnerable South Florida is to the virus with high infection rates and thousands of deaths. We’re also in a tough spot because of the high cost of healthcare and how many people don't have health insurance, or lost it when they lost their job.
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NewsThe issue of wearing masks came up again this week as South Florida cases and hospitalizations continue to rise.During back-to-back news conferences…
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Florida reported the largest one-day increase in COVID-19 cases of any state, with more than 15,000 people testing positive.
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As efforts to get farmers to stop growing coca in favor of legal crops falter, some farmers feel abandoned. But one man says he'll stand by them, helping farmers shift to cacao for high-end chocolate.
