No one in Venancio Martinez’s family had ever had the disease. He remembers feeling relatively good in its early stages and did not feel the need to go to the doctor to check himself regularly.
Community & Public Health
For the young boys on the New Orleans' Davis Park football team, it’s not a matter of if they’ve been exposed to violence — it’s how often.
Twenty-eight former Panthers players were killed in a 14-year span in New Orleans. Former coach Jerome Temple is trying to halt the deaths.
From prison to the classroom: a former Panther’s tale of trauma and redemption.
This article was produced as a project for the Dennis A. Hunt Fund for Health Journalism, a program of the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism.
How a Central City couple plans to save their neighborhood — one football team at a time.
This article was produced as a project for the Dennis A. Hunt Fund for Health Journalism, a program of the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism.
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The Children of Central City
The story behind 'The Children of Central City'
Trauma can have a devastating impact on a child’s education. So why have some New Orleans schools failed to address the problem?
"He was showing the same symptoms as somebody that was in the middle of a war."
Rates of PTSD soar among Central City children, yet state budget cuts prevent access to mental health care.