A pilot program with San Mateo County’s public health plan aims to stop the revolving door between the emergency room, nursing home and street.
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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....
We put together this resource guide as part of our series on substance abuse treatment programs in Mendocino County.
Harm reduction uses a variety of strategies to address the negative consequences of active drug use; those strategies may range from syringe exchange to housing help, from counseling services to drug treatment.
A former drug dealer now offers harm reduction services and a pathway to recovery, if his clients choose.
Families, health and housing experts, and tenants’ attorneys say improving housing conditions is an uphill battle.
How local leaders have taken vaccine distribution in underserved communities into their own hands.
The bipartisan infrastructure bill that passed the U.S. Senate includes $3.5 billion for water and sanitation, some of which will go to rural Alaska villages.
The light at the end of the COVID-19 pandemic tunnel seems "further" and "dimmer" as the delta variant surges.
This story is part of a larger project led by Sarah Macaraeg, a 2019 Data Fellow who is investigating the disproportionate number of asthma diagnoses and severe symptoms among Memphis children.