Amid the pandemic, changes to the county’s needle exchange programs are on hold.
Poverty and Class
Advocates and experts are worried there may not be enough families willing to take children in.
Newark's COVID-19 death toll among Blacks seems to have been less severe compared to other urban hubs in the nation. Why?
"It's profit over people there," one worker said.
During the pandemic, the “colonias” along the border in south Texas have been devastated on multiple fronts.
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.
"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.