Shawn Thierry can’t recall the moment she gave birth, but she does remember how she almost died.
Community & Public Health
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.
It's worth paying special attention to how many people complete the two-dose COVID-19 vaccination regimen.
These groups, and others, will need to drop their opposition to vaccination for the shots to work statewide.
Thousands of U.S. Public Housing Residents Live in the Country’s Most Polluted Places
This story by Janine Zeitlin, a participant in the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism's 2020 Data Fellowship.
The colonias of south Texas have been devastated by the pandemic, a crisis made worse by poverty and limited access to health care.
A nearly inverse situation appeared in early-December, 2020, Alameda County health data, showing areas where Covid-19 spread fast had low test rates, and vice versa.
A reporter reflects on lessons learned from an especially challenging story.
For my 2020 National Fellowship project, I wanted to cover all COVID-19 angles and regions along the 3000-mile U.S.-Mexico border, including the number of infections, reasons for disparities, multifamily dwellings, the fate of essential workers, the role played by preexisting conditions, and hospita