Arkansas Children’s Hospital saw an increase in the number and severity of child-abuse-related cases last year, a troubling pattern in a state that had high rates of child maltreatment before the onset of the covid-19 pandemic.
Race and Equity
Critics of the move to an age-based priority system say it defies evidence that workplace transmission is a major source of spread.
Los funcionarios de salud de San Francisco sabían desde fines de marzo de 2020, y ciertamente en abril, que la población latina estaba siendo afectada de manera desproporcionada por la epidemia del COVID-19 y, sin embargo, no tomaron medidas efectivas para abordar la crisis. Si bien las personas lat
"The virus is revealing the systemic neglect of the Latinx community and essential workforce in established health care pathways," two journalists write.
"The stress of my own personal experiences led me to dig deeper into how immigrant women were faring through the pandemic."
It’s one thing to report about disparities in health outcomes. It’s another to hear DonnaMarie Woodson’s story.
How are school systems coping with large influxes of immigrant children? A reporter reflects on lessons learned.
The high numbers indicate a continuing surge, researchers said.
3,184 individuals were given rapid tests in the first five days.
California farmworkers have been hit especially hard by the virus, as they often live in overcrowded housing, travel in groups to work, and lack access to health insurance.