Dana Ullman is reporting on health-related stories for The Mendocino Voice with support from the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism. This article was produced as a series for the 2021 Center for Health Journalism California Fellowship.
Mental Health
More women have been opting for home birth as hospitals postponed or moved most of their health care online due to COVID-19.
Mexicana relata abuso físico y mental en dos matrimonios.
It’s shocking: Preschoolers are three times more likely to be expelled than children in elementary, middle and high school, according to figures from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Boys are four times more likely than girls to be kicked out, and African American children are twi
The fourth and last in a series of articles on the impact of Alzheimer’s disease on the Black community in Los Angeles.
Over the past two years, at least 16 people at the Mendocino County jail have overdosed while in custody.
"Nearly every disabled person I’ve talked with has their own stories of pain and discrimination," says radio producer Christopher Egusa. "The dismissal and invisibility are common experiences."
The Pinoleville Pomo Nation is making efforts to address the increase of suicide in communities across the county.
A reporter pivots between experts and data to try to understand why still so little is known about premature births.
Aducanumab is the first new drug approved to treat Alzheimer’s disease in nearly 20 years. But some in the medical community were stunned by the approval.