Patient Safety and Ethics

Covid-19 vaccine line in Southern California.

California’s essential workers get bumped down vaccination line

Critics of the move to an age-based priority system say it defies evidence that workplace transmission is a major source of spread.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Immigrant and Migrant Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Community Safety, Patient Safety and Ethics

Pregnant women in Unalaska brave COVID-19 and a lapse in regular air service to get to the nearest hospital… 800 miles away

In Unalaska, the only commuter airline went out of business during the pandemic. That poses especially serious obstalces for pregnant women, who can’t postpone appointments.

Environmental Health, Women's and Maternal Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Patient Safety and Ethics

Arkansas child abuse hotline operator Brittany Irby works on abuse reports at her workstation on Jan. 27

Hot line calls screened first

This is what happens when the hot line receives a report of alleged child maltreatment, according to interviews with Arkansas State Police and Arkansas Department of Human Services officials, state documents and state webpage.

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Photo: Laurent Fievet/AFP via Getty Images

Reporting on ‘hidden foster care system’ confronts difficult questions

When a reporter delved into the “hidden foster care” system, she found more questions than answers.

Poverty and Class, Mental Health, Community Safety, Patient Safety and Ethics

Sequel Youth & Family Services announced this week that it will close Wyoming residential campus Normative Services Inc. “after

Amid abuse reports, Sequel-run facility that treated California children will close

A Wyoming treatment center where California had long sent troubled youth will shut down in March, following a Chronicle and Imprint investigation into violent abuse at its campus and others operated by Sequel Youth & Family Services.

Poverty and Class, Mental Health, Community Safety, Patient Safety and Ethics

A homeless encampment in San Jose.

Project tips learned while reporting on the deaths of homeless people in Santa Clara

In Santa Clara County, homeless deaths are skyrocketing while the homeless population has not substantially changed.

Poverty and Class, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Health Insurance and Costs, Housing and Homeslessness, Food and Nutrition, Community Safety, Patient Safety and Ethics

A technician swabs a little boy.

Early 24th St. rapid test results show 9 percent positivity, 10 percent for Latinx

3,184 individuals were given rapid tests in the first five days.

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

Rep. Shawn Thierry and her daughter, Klaire.

Texas lawmakers aim to make maternal health a priority this year

Shawn Thierry can’t recall the moment she gave birth, but she does remember how she almost died.

Poverty and Class, Women's and Maternal Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Patient Safety and Ethics

Foothill Packing workers gather in April for their dinner at the Budget Inn Motel on John Street in Salinas, observing social di

In America’s Salad Bowl, crowded housing leaves farmworkers especially vulnerable to COVID-19

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.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Immigrant and Migrant Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Mental Health, Housing and Homeslessness, Patient Safety and Ethics

Patient receives vaccination

With vaccines rolling out, pay attention to that second dose

It's worth paying special attention to how many people complete the two-dose COVID-19 vaccination regimen.

Health Insurance and Costs, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Patient Safety and Ethics