The novel coronavirus has infiltrated two more nursing homes in Tulare County, propelling the county's largest single-day increase in COVID-19 cases to date.
Environment & Climate
As harvest season approached, growers begged county officials to vaccinate their workers. But the state and counties didn’t prioritize vaccine doses for farmworkers in February. So the growers and doctors stepped in and set up their own clinics.
This story is part of a larger project, Troubled Water: The Salton Sea Project, led by Angela Chen in where she examines the health and environmental risks linked to the decline of the Salton Sea.
Forty people have died as a result of COVID-19 in Tulare County, health officials confirmed Thursday.
This story was produced by Joshua Yeager for the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2020 California Fellowship.
A novel coronavirus outbreak in a rural Tulare County nursing home continues to worsen, leaving some families to wonder if their loved ones are getting the therapies they need to survive.
A reporter explains how she found women willing to speak out about substandard maternity care in south Texas by posting messages on Facebook.
This story was produced by Joshua Yeager for the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2020 California Fellowship.
Rural health advocates who have ramped up efforts to reach farmworkers say demand for the vaccine is strong.
This story was produced by Joshua Yeager for the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2020 California Fellowship.