James Calderon, right, translates to a defendant during a court hearing Thursday, April 7, 2011. Calderon is a judicial and medical Spanish interpreter. James Calderón sits patiently in a chair in the ...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KABC) -- Language barriers at the doctor's have always been an obstacle, but the pandemic has added another layer. Vulnerable loved ones are forced to be alone in hospitals and ...

Federal regulations bar bilingual staff from interpreting unless they become certified, yet many clinics rely on these employees anyway. So researchers tested whether a 1-week long training in medical ...

In the best of times, visits to a physician can be daunting if the medical provider and the patient speak different languages. A pandemic, and all of the fears it generates, makes the visit even more ...

The need for qualified medical interpreters in healthcare settings to reduce language barriers and health disparities became more urgent and apparent during the coronavirus pandemic, experts say. The ...

You could say that Georgina Hankerson's career was prescribed by her doctor. "I went to my appointment, and she said, 'You're bilingual. Have you ever thought about doing interpreting?' I said, 'Is ...

Anita LaPlaca has a specialty niche in the health-care industry - a medical Spanish interpreter who aids communications between Spanish-speaking patients and doctors at Rainbow Pediatrics at the ...

ST. CLOUD, MINN. - When Adalberto Villalobos was told he was losing his job with the company he'd worked at for nearly 16 years, he didn't get upset. He smiled, packed his belongings in a cardboard ...

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