Patient Safety and Ethics

Pasco Schools superintendent Kurt Browning with Pasco Sheriff Chris Nocco at a 2015 press conference.

Pasco PTA: Use of school data to flag potential criminals ‘unacceptable’

Parents and teachers demanded reviews into the Sheriff’s Office program. Some called for it to be canceled.

Poverty and Class, Mental Health, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Community Safety, Patient Safety and Ethics

How racism, rural living and COVID-19 created deadly conditions for a chicken plant worker

This article by Alissa Zhu was produced as a project for the Dennis A. Hunt Fund for Health Journalism, a program of the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2020 National Fellowship....

Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Community Safety, Patient Safety and Ethics

COVID-19's toll on more than 1,000 Mississippi's chicken plant employees

This article by Alissa Zhu was produced as a project for the Dennis A. Hunt Fund for Health Journalism, a program of the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2020 National Fellowship.

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

'Promotoras' a lifeline for the undocumented, sick and scared through COVID

This article by Alissa Zhu was produced as a project for the Dennis A. Hunt Fund for Health Journalism, a program of the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2020 National Fellowship.

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

For many in child welfare, 2020 is a lost year

The transition to virtual services upends parents hoping to get kids back from protective services.

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

COVID-19 Yet Another Challenge for Grandfamilies

— Pandemic adds new challenge for aging caregivers

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

Drive-thru COVID-19 testing clinic at Portland Community College Cascade campus on Dec. 2.

These Two Doctors Provide the Last Signatures Before Oregonians Get a COVID-19 Vaccine

"Getting a vaccine is always an expression of brotherly love."

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

The sign that used to mark the entrance to Grand View Apartments, where hundreds of renters lived with poor conditions for years

Tribune investigation: Erratic code enforcement leaves SLO County renters vulnerable to abuse

The second story in The Tribune’s “Substandard of Living” series examining the experiences of low-income renters living in poorly maintained housing in San Luis Obispo County.

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Filipino Americans have been hit hard by COVID-19, but the available data masks the impact

In California, Filipino Americans constitute about 25% of the state’s Asian population yet they represent at least 35% of COVID-19 deaths in that group.

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

Dr. Paul Thomas has a YouTube channel and a bestselling book on Amazon. He's a leading figure opposing Oregon's effort to requir

Prominent Anti-Vaccine Pediatrician Dr. Paul Thomas Has License Suspended by the Oregon Medical Board

Dr. Thomas’ “continued practice of medicine would pose an immediate danger to the public and to his patients," the Oregon Medical Board said.

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Patient Safety and Ethics

Pasco PTA: Use of school data to flag potential criminals ‘unacceptable’

How racism, rural living and COVID-19 created deadly conditions for a chicken plant worker

COVID-19's toll on more than 1,000 Mississippi's chicken plant employees

'Promotoras' a lifeline for the undocumented, sick and scared through COVID

For many in child welfare, 2020 is a lost year

COVID-19 Yet Another Challenge for Grandfamilies

These Two Doctors Provide the Last Signatures Before Oregonians Get a COVID-19 Vaccine

Tribune investigation: Erratic code enforcement leaves SLO County renters vulnerable to abuse

Filipino Americans have been hit hard by COVID-19, but the available data masks the impact

Prominent Anti-Vaccine Pediatrician Dr. Paul Thomas Has License Suspended by the Oregon Medical Board