By Kristi Coale
The cornerstone of the city’s homelessness fight is to move folks into permanent housing. For Nathan Caine, Cimber Sims, and their baby girl, the waiting is the hardest part.
The drop in the number of new recipients for disability benefits comes in the midst of a devastating public health crisis that has led to massive unmet needs.
By Jacob Pierce
Being homeless poses huge daily health risks, and Santa Cruz, California offers no exception.
“Disasters have a way of exposing the most vulnerable among us, and putting them in harm’s way,” a local nonprofit leader told me.
By Amber Dance
This week's Coronavirus Files newsletter: Money Matters, School Reopenings, At-Home Tests
Health Media Jobs & Opportunities: The Center for Health Journalism is looking for a manager of projects
By Deb Gordon
With depression, anxiety, and suicides on the rise, Biden must quickly deliver on his campaign pledge to improve access to treatment.
By Ginny Monk
Arkansas ranks high in child abuse, deaths. COVID-19 has made it worse, officials say.
By Lydia Chavez
The most powerful new weapon in the city’s war on Covid-19 is a mid-sized daily testing site at the 24th Street BART Plaza.
HB45 proposes a radon task force to study solutions.
A couple dreamed of having children. But their hopes and plans did not include lockdown, loneliness, and a chaotic, overwhelmed health care system.
