To put the Delta on the same playing field as other parts of the state for business growth, there needs to be a large-scale investment in infrastructure, health care, school systems and more, medical experts said.
Environmental Health
This article was produced with support from the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2021 Domestic Violence Impact Reporting Fund.
The 1918 influenza epidemic is still remembered keenly in parts of rural Alaska.
Part six of a 20-month long investigation looking into hygiene stations that the City of Los Angeles distributed to homeless encampments.
“If the bus is running late, that makes me late, you know,” one resident said. “For my important things I have to do, I have no choice.”
Faced with daunting gaps in water and sewer systems, some Alaska Native communities are thinking small.
Part 1: For some Alaska villages, the lack of modern water and sewer service means more health risks
Many residents of rural Alaska suffer higher rates of illnesses because they lack basic infrastructure.
Here’s how reporters can investigate contamination in their communities.
‘You’re really a second-class citizen’ if you live in this neighborhood.
The neighborhood has been a pollution dumping ground for decades.