Poverty and Class

Vascular surgeon Sammy Siada, DO, prepares for an amputation revision procedure.

Preventable amputations rise during COVID-19

The number of patients with “unsalvageable” disease has ticked up. So too has the rate of amputations.

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

Nicole Taylor sits on the bed where she gave birth to her daughter Lily weeks after being infected with COVID-19

Pregnant during pandemic: Expectant mothers remain at high risk of COVID-19

UCLA study answers some of the questions expectant mothers have had since early in the pandemic, when so much was unknown.

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

The Number of Immigrant Women Who Were Victims of Domestic Violence Increased During the Pandemic

Many immigrant women were already vulnerable before due to their immigration status; the lockdown worsened their situation.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Immigrant and Migrant Health, Domestic Violence, Community Safety

REPORTAJE: Violencia doméstica se agudiza en la pandemia entre mujeres inmigrantes

Muchas mujeres inmigrantes ya eran vulnerables al abuso conyugal, por ser indocumentadas y poco preparadas; la pandemia agudizó ese problema.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Immigrant and Migrant Health, Domestic Violence, Community Safety

Ana Huynh, shown in her Chapel Street office, is the program director for Mixteco Indigena Community Organizing Project

Learning lessons: Community seeks path to health equity as COVID retains grip on Santa Maria

"If everybody in this community were vaccinated, we would have one person in the ICU. One," Marian Regional pulmonologist Zacharia Reagle said.

Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Health Insurance and Costs

Chasing memories inside Silicon Valley’s Desi grocery stores

This article was produced as a project for the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2021 California Fellowship.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Food and Nutrition

Candles create a vigil outside the tent of an unhoused community member who was shot in West Oakland

Alameda County doesn't track deaths of unhoused people — here's why that impacts the opioid crisis

Unhoused people are reversing overdoses and saving lives on the street, but these efforts aren’t showing up in official counts.

Poverty and Class, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Health Insurance and Costs, Community Safety

photo by Dana Ullman / The Mendocino Voice

Al expirar la moratoria de desalojo de California, muchos residentes del condado de Mendocino ya han sido afectados

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.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Mental Health, Community Safety

Santa Maria City Public Information Manager Mark van de Kamp

Lost in translation: Language gaps hinder critical COVID-19 outreach in Santa Maria

As COVID-19 spread through Santa Maria in early 2020, basic information about preventive measures failed to reach much of the population.

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

Tameka Issartel and her daughter Nalani, 5, laugh with Tenshin, 7 months, in their El Sereno living room

Pregnant during pandemic: COVID-19 fears fuel increased interest in home births

More women have been opting for home birth as hospitals postponed or moved most of their health care online due to COVID-19.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Mental Health

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Poverty and Class

Preventable amputations rise during COVID-19

Pregnant during pandemic: Expectant mothers remain at high risk of COVID-19

The Number of Immigrant Women Who Were Victims of Domestic Violence Increased During the Pandemic

REPORTAJE: Violencia doméstica se agudiza en la pandemia entre mujeres inmigrantes

Learning lessons: Community seeks path to health equity as COVID retains grip on Santa Maria

Chasing memories inside Silicon Valley’s Desi grocery stores

Alameda County doesn't track deaths of unhoused people — here's why that impacts the opioid crisis

Al expirar la moratoria de desalojo de California, muchos residentes del condado de Mendocino ya han sido afectados

Lost in translation: Language gaps hinder critical COVID-19 outreach in Santa Maria

Pregnant during pandemic: COVID-19 fears fuel increased interest in home births