Immigration activists advocate for paid time off for undocumented home caregivers who work with clients who are already ill and vulnerable to infection.
Community & Public Health
Language barriers mean indigenous farmworkers and their families often don’t know about available health services or are afraid to risk a clinic visit.
Assemblymen Vince Fong and Rudy Salas of Bakersfield proposed a $7 million budget proposal that, if adopted, would be the most money ever allocated to study and awareness of the disease in California.
Despite promises to divert mentally ill individuals from jail, Los Angeles County sees a significant rise in incarcerated people with mental illnesses.
A new reporting project will look at how injuries and killings at the hands of L.A. County Sheriff Deputies impact the health of survivors, families and their communities.
SweSwe Aye, the editor of the only Burmese language newspaper in the United States, wanted to combat rampant misinformation in her community. But with little experience in health reporting, she wasn’t sure where to start.
Finding people to actually talk about their experiences is tough. For many people, eviction is shrouded in shame.
Transgender and non-binary people are often excluded from the conversation on "period poverty."
Also this week: Latino teens take the lead in vaccine education, and fresh signs the tripledemic is on the wane.
GOP-led House takes aim at COVID origins, U.S. response. Also, public health experts see value in monitoring wastewater to detect new viral threats.