Health Equity & Social Justice
“There’s a complete mismatch between where we see PrEP clinics, and where we see HIV,” said Natalie Crawford, a researcher at Emory who is leading an initiative to support and train pharmacies in HIV prevention, education and referrals.
High costs and proposed federal rollbacks could deepen health inequities by reducing access to high-quality early childhood care.
4:29 PMClaude responded: San Francisco's budget cuts threaten HIV prevention services serving the city's Latine immigrant community.San Francisco's budget cuts threaten HIV prevention services serving the city's Latine immigrant community.
“This is a lot of people not just milking the system but making deliberate economic decisions to exploit a vulnerable population,” said Barak Richman, a professor at George Washington University Law School.
In Bakersfield, where Black mothers face some of California's worst maternal health outcomes, doulas are stepping in to fill a gap the medical system has long ignored.
Racism is a serious public health issue in the United States, and the use of racial slurs raises bigger questions about language and its effects on the health of Black and Hispanic people.
Last year, more than 1,000 families turned to the Sudbury Community Food Pantry for help putting food on the table. Just across the street, showrooms gleam with Lamborghinis, Bentleys and Land Rovers.
As universal TK expands, Valley institutions are scrambling to prepare teachers with early-childhood training — and state delays are slowing the pipeline.
States are restricting SNAP purchases in a largely uncontrolled policy experiment backed by little evidence.