Alaska women who live in rural and remote communities usually travel to city centers to give birth — against incredible geographical odds. It hasn’t always been this way. COVID-19 has made a hard trip even more daunting.
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"The stress of my own personal experiences led me to dig deeper into how immigrant women were faring through the pandemic."
Over the past five years, hundreds of California drinking water systems have suffered damage or destruction amid the state’s increasingly intense climate-driven wildfires.
The high numbers indicate a continuing surge, researchers said.
In Santa Clara County, homeless deaths are skyrocketing while the homeless population has not substantially changed.
3,184 individuals were given rapid tests in the first five days.
Shawn Thierry can’t recall the moment she gave birth, but she does remember how she almost died.
California farmworkers have been hit especially hard by the virus, as they often live in overcrowded housing, travel in groups to work, and lack access to health insurance.
It's worth paying special attention to how many people complete the two-dose COVID-19 vaccination regimen.
This story by Janine Zeitlin, a participant in the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism's 2020 Data Fellowship.