Patient Safety and Ethics

The coronavirus pandemic is reshaping the lives of young Americans

Underserved youth and the adults who care for them are wrestling with systemic inequities compounded by the coronavirus.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Immigrant and Migrant Health, Mental Health, Food and Nutrition, Patient Safety and Ethics

(Photo by Sam Deng via Flickr/Creative Commons)

COVID-19 poses stark challenges for an already fragile foster care system

Advocates and experts are worried there may not be enough families willing to take children in.

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

In Newark, telling the story of one street under siege

Newark's COVID-19 death toll among Blacks seems to have been less severe compared to other urban hubs in the nation. Why?

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

(File photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)

The pandemic is devastating Black and undocumented workers at Mississippi chicken plants

"It's profit over people there," one worker said.

Poverty and Class, Immigrant and Migrant Health, Mental Health, Patient Safety and Ethics

A “colonia” community in Starr County, Texas.

The COVID-19 impact in South Texas could change the region forever

During the pandemic, the “colonias” along the border in south Texas have been devastated on multiple fronts.

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

COVID-19 Health Care Rationing: What You Need to Know

As we look to understand the public health response to COVID-19, Dr. Jan Gurley of the San Francisco Department of Public Health explains what it means when a state institutes Crisis Standards of Care, as Arizona has.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Immigrant and Migrant Health, Patient Safety and Ethics, Aging

The California State Water Resources Control Board is in the midst of a plan to spend roughly $1.3 billion over 10 years to save

Regulators approve spending to save state’s failing drinking water systems

This story was produced as a larger project by Kiley Russell for the 2019 Impact Fund.
His other stories include:

Pandemic could complicate implementation of new state drinking water fund

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

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Patient Safety and Ethics

The coronavirus pandemic is reshaping the lives of young Americans

COVID-19 poses stark challenges for an already fragile foster care system

In Newark, telling the story of one street under siege

The pandemic is devastating Black and undocumented workers at Mississippi chicken plants

The COVID-19 impact in South Texas could change the region forever

COVID-19 Health Care Rationing: What You Need to Know

Regulators approve spending to save state’s failing drinking water systems

FIVE: MARILYN & YVONNE’S STORIES

Palm Springs shelter avoided COVID-19. Homeless say they need more than protection from virus

Callout: What do you want us to know about jails in Northern California?