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.
Poverty and Class
"The experience of working with our subjects for more than a year changed my own ideas about homelessness and how to report on it."
Social and bureaucratic hurdles have caused unnecessary delays in obtaining what can be a lifesaving antiretroviral medication.
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
Workers are being forced to choose between unemployment or returning to work and risking their family's health.
A woman is seeking shelter from her spouse. A man is disabled. Another has been clean from addiction for 16 years. A mom who lost her job is there with her two kids.
A look at the health challenges Punjabi drivers are facing in order to keep their driving licenses, and how they are navigating this during COVID-19.
Public officials come under fire for budgets that prioritize law enforcement and shortchange community health and safety.
This zip code has more poor households than anywhere else in Florida. The coronavirus outbreak has only made it worse.