Dana Ullman is reporting on health-related stories for The Mendocino Voice with support from the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism. This article was produced as a series for the 2021 Center for Health Journalism California Fellowship....
Community & Public Health
Crowded homes creating the perfect environment for COVID-19 cases to spread like wildfire in Santa Maria, an epicenter for the virus in Santa Barbara County.
The fourth and last in a series of articles on the impact of Alzheimer’s disease on the Black community in Los Angeles.
The pandemic is far from over but crucial COVID-19 protections and benefits are gone. When the Supreme Court struck down the CDC moratorium on evictions in August, nearly 6 million renters — roughly 14% — were behind on rent, about 1 million faced the imminent threat of losing their homes, and landl
Over the past two years, at least 16 people at the Mendocino County jail have overdosed while in custody.
Communication and cultural barriers speed spread of the virus in one Central California community.
On August 27, the small Samoan church of about 200 parishioners in North Long Beach held its first ever triple funeral service.
"Nearly every disabled person I’ve talked with has their own stories of pain and discrimination," says radio producer Christopher Egusa. "The dismissal and invisibility are common experiences."
Stories of three families weighing fact against fiction as they see it and deciding what is best for them.
Antibodies wane with time, but other layers of cell defenses remain ready to deploy, panelists explain.