This story was produced as part of a large project by Jessica Bedolla, a participant in the 2020 National Fellowship, who is exploring, researching and reporting the impact of this worldwide pandemic in communities along the border.
Patient Safety and Ethics
Families share experiences of living through the pandemic and what help they still need.
These responses were submitted by members of an advisory board on farmworker housing that featured growers, advocates, and service providers in Monterey County, organized by The Californian reporter Kate Cimini.
Indigenous burial traditions were already threatened by economic pressures and changing cultures. Then the pandemic struck.
Nursing home workers like Eyvette Diane Pascascio are among the most vulnerable and arguably most overlooked heroes of this pandemic.
"For vulnerable populations, the needs are pressing given the intersection of economics and race."
Chuukese, Marshallese and Samoan residents have been getting the deadly virus at the highest rates.
Consolidation is changing heatlh care — and how much it costs — in almost every corner of the country.
As a condition of probation, thousands of people must comply with court orders to get mental health treatment. If they lose insurance, many could wind up behind bars without committing a crime.
Marie is just one of the more than 1,100 homeless people over two decades who have succumbed to illness and accidents, suicide and violence in Santa Clara County, according to data provided by the county’s medical examiner.