The bipartisan infrastructure bill that passed the U.S. Senate includes $3.5 billion for water and sanitation, some of which will go to rural Alaska villages.
Poverty and Class
Trey bounced around from family to foster care and even a group home. Now, one program has turned his life around. Here's why it's not widely available.
The light at the end of the COVID-19 pandemic tunnel seems "further" and "dimmer" as the delta variant surges.
About 2% of the country’s 15,000 licensed midwives are Black. In Southern California, there are about 120 licensed midwives, but only seven of them are Black.
Many of LA County’s programs focus on addressing the consequences of intergenerational racism on the health of Black women.
In Long Beach, health officials say they’ve made progress in getting new people vaccinated in recent weeks, with a nearly 50% increase in daily doses administered.
City Reverses Decision to Remove Washing Stations from Encampments Following L.A. Taco Investigation
The city extended the program two months after a L.A. TACO investigation found that vendors failed to service units consistently, despite collecting millions of dollars in payments.
Early in the pandemic, Randolph County had the state's highest rate of Covid-19 cases. Going forward, the closest hospital would be at least a half-hour drive across the state line, in Alabama.
Will states rush to put up new Medicaid enrollment hurdles when a key federal funding boost goes away?
Researchers found, unsurprisingly, links between the absence of critical infrastructure and the spread of the virus.