As the Navajo Nation continues its fight against COVID-19, chronic substance abuse is complicating the effort.
Health Insurance and Costs
Filipinos in Hawaii have the next-highest death rate, composing 24% of deaths but only 16% of the population.
A third of Black women in the state's only majority-minority Gadsden County have been diagnosed with diabetes, according to state data.
When older workers like Jan lose their jobs, they often lose health insurance as well, forcing many to drain their modest savings to extend their coverage.
A look inside an expanded syringe program and a new camp.
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Rural women in Alaska must travel long distances for prenatal care and hospital births. Now, COVID-19 has shut down major routes and reduced transportation.
The Covid-19 pandemic continues to disproportionately affect Latinos. Although doctors continue to advance with physical recovery therapies after infection, little is known about the consequences in mental health.
Child welfare is an already stressed system in Native communities, leaving children even more susceptible to the impacts of COVID-19.
U.S.-Mexico border communities are facing dire challenges as the pandemic escalates.