This article by Alissa Zhu was produced as a project for the Dennis A. Hunt Fund for Health Journalism, a program of the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2020 National Fellowship.
Environment & Climate
The worst pandemic in a century has ravaged Newark and its Black community. It was a tragedy decades in the making.
"Getting a vaccine is always an expression of brotherly love."
The second story in The Tribune’s “Substandard of Living” series examining the experiences of low-income renters living in poorly maintained housing in San Luis Obispo County.
In California, Filipino Americans constitute about 25% of the state’s Asian population yet they represent at least 35% of COVID-19 deaths in that group.
Dr. Thomas’ “continued practice of medicine would pose an immediate danger to the public and to his patients," the Oregon Medical Board said.
Despite red flags, the city was slow to come up with a COVID-19 response targeting the Latinx community.
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“If we really cared, we would be getting the housing,” said Dr. Margot Kushel, a professor at UCSF. “Everything else follows.”
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic and a summer of wildfire smoke, children living in East and West Oakland had a hard time breathing.