One facility was hit hard – 50-plus COVID cases and more than a dozen deaths. Another endured only 3 cases and just one patient died. Many factors likely figure in the difference.
Healthcare Regulation and Reform
‘Behind the 8-ball:’ Many Southern California nursing homes hit hard by coronavirus had prior issues
Many factors can contribute to how severely the virus strikes a home, including its location and size. But having enough staff is vital, especially during a pandemic, experts say. New research backs that up.
This story was produced by Rubén Tapia with support from USC Center for Health Journalism's 2020 Impact Fund. His reporting looks at how delays in the cleanup of neighborhoods contaminated by emissions from the now-shuttered Exide battery recycling plant in LA is affecting the health of residents.
Through my reporting and listening to young sexually active LGBTQ people, I learned there would still be big hurdles to obtaining preventive medication at a pharmacy.
Annual hospital financial reports highlight one big-picture health care trend across California: Hospitals are making increasingly higher profits on commercially insured patients, while they’re suffering steeper losses on Medicare patients.
In the U.S., Cambodians and Vietnamese continue to struggle with access to culturally sensitive health care.
"How is it supposed to work?" Answer that question and you're better prepared to spot when things go wrong.
Tucked into truck stops with names like Jay Bros and Antelope Truck Stop Pronghorn, the ubiquitous dhaba serves the needs of the increasing numbers of Punjabi truckers across the U.S.
This article was produced as a larger project by Larry Buhl for the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism 2019 Data Fellowship.
His first part of this series :
New Law Aims to Expand Access to HIV Prevention — But Will It?
Will Pharmacist Resistance Hamper Law to Expand Access to HIV Preventi
Nonprofits are pivoting to help residents in a community facing the worst outbreak of COVID-19 of any zip code in the state, along with high rates of unemployment.