Healthcare Regulation and Reform

Amid pandemic uncertainties, Latino immigrants put trust in their 'promotoras'

From providing accurate COVID-19 information to advocating for testing and vaccination with cultural sensitivity, these community healthcare workers were key to serving marginalized Hispanic populations.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Immigrant and Migrant Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Chronic Disease, Patient Safety and Ethics

What’s a hospital worth? The decision to close a downtown institution

Prosperous Wellstar system points to losses at Atlanta Medical Center as others question their commitment to serving the community.

Health Insurance and Costs, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Mental Health

Norma Vargas uses multiple medications to manage her severe asthma, which she developed while growing up in a San Joaquin Valley

Smoke from ag burning contributes to long-term health effects for Valley Latino residents

Long-term exposure to the particulate matter released by open agricultural burning has been associated with a suite of health problems, and the communities most affected are majority-Latino.

Environmental Health, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Chronic Disease

The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District office in Fresno.

After ‘decades of broken promises’ will Central Valley air regulators finally end ag burning?

Nearly two decades of postponing a ban on burning have left clean air advocates dubious that local air regulators will follow through.

Environmental Health, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Chronic Disease

The San Joaquin Valley is the only region in the country to be out of compliance with 1997 federal air quality standards.

With little confidence in California air quality regulators, advocates turn to Biden-Harris

Clean air advocates hope the EPA will step in to strengthen regulations of polluting industries.

Environmental Health, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Chronic Disease

Many Pacific Islander Patients Have To Move To Get Life-Saving Access To Dialysis

One in five Indigenous Chamorros in the Northern Mariana Islands has diabetes, and the demand for dialysis is growing. But the only dialysis centers are on the capital island of Saipan.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Health Insurance and Costs, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Chronic Disease, Patient Safety and Ethics

Laketa Watts, left, director of Essentially Empowered, a community organization, and Sherri Sherri Ohly, director of the Envisio

Cities are trying to address the staggering impact of asthma. The problem: Our healthcare system isn't set up to address underlying triggers

Community health workers are often funded with short-term grants, which can deter people from the profession and lead to shortages.

Poverty and Class, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Chronic Disease

Students at Starms Discovery Learning Center in Milwaukee head out for recess on Aug. 16, 2022. Asthma is the most common diseas

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Healthcare Regulation and Reform

Amid pandemic uncertainties, Latino immigrants put trust in their 'promotoras'

What’s a hospital worth? The decision to close a downtown institution

Smoke from ag burning contributes to long-term health effects for Valley Latino residents

After ‘decades of broken promises’ will Central Valley air regulators finally end ag burning?

With little confidence in California air quality regulators, advocates turn to Biden-Harris

Many Pacific Islander Patients Have To Move To Get Life-Saving Access To Dialysis

Cities are trying to address the staggering impact of asthma. The problem: Our healthcare system isn't set up to address underlying triggers

With more tools than ever, expanded Wisconsin asthma program could dramatically reduce ER visits, overall costs

Wellstar to close Atlanta Medical Center

‘We’re Losing Our People’