Environmental Health

Roads in rural Fresno County are often neglected and underdeveloped. Potholes, flooding and basic safety measures go unfixed. There are no streetlights, sidewalks, bike lanes, crosswalks, center lines or even speed limit signs on many roads in rural towns, and public transit service is limited.

Environmental Health, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Health Insurance and Costs, Chronic Disease

Thousands of Indigenous migrants toil on California farms, cut off from health care by language and cultural barriers.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Immigrant and Migrant Health, Health Insurance and Costs

Imagine taking your kids on a trolley to visit the neighborhood park. Now, picture an electric transit system that’s fast and cheap and can take you to work right from your doorstep. What if Fresno could do all that, and reduce the local rate of childhood asthma?

Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Chronic Disease

The number of patients with “unsalvageable” disease has ticked up. So too has the rate of amputations.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Patient Safety and Ethics