This story is part of a larger project series, "Voices from the Vineyard," led by Sarah Klearman, a 2020 Impact Fellow. She is reporting on how the twin crises of the pandemic and the wildfires have impacted the health of the valley’s farmworkers and their families.
This essay was prepared as part of a project on health equity by Register reporter Sarah Klearman with support from the Impact Fund, a program of the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism. ...
Editor's Note: This essay was written by a youth who took part in a health equity essay-writing workshop led by Sarah Klearman in connection with her Impact Fund project.
We, the housed, worried about our jobs, food, gas, family, friends, and our future during the pandemic. The homeless did not get a chance to think about any of that.
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The smoke, it seemed to Victor, was inescapable. At night, it clung to his clothes, his hair, the inside of his nose; during the day, as he worked under the sun in the vineyards, he was embalmed by it.
SF is bringing people off the streets, but a shortage of mental health workers to help them stay housed could put all this effort at risk.
"Troubled Water: The Salton Sea Project" was produced by Angela Chen, a recipient a 2020 Impact Fund grant from the Center for Health Journalism. Chen is examining the health and environmental risks linked to the decline of the Salton Sea.
It's important for clinicians to consider AI recommendations with a critical eye, the same as they would for any other test, said Dr. Erich Huang, Director of Duke Forge.
California authorized paying OptumServe up to $221 million. But the company has helped with only 1% of the state’s vaccinations since January.
