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A 2011 photo shows residents of Pitkas Point, Alaska wearing breathing apparatus transfer human waste to a collection bucket, wh

How COVID is helping spur big investment in Alaska water and sanitation services

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.

Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Food and Nutrition
Credit: WXIA

Teen finds team to score touchdown in life: How new DFCS program could prevent child abandonment

Trey bounced around from family to foster care and even a group home. Now, one program has turned his life around. Here's why it's not widely available.

Poverty and Class, Mental Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Community Safety, Patient Safety and Ethics
The Southeast Health Center COVID-19 testing and vaccine site in the Bayview District offers free services

Vaccines increase as Bayview-Hunters Point battles Delta surge

The light at the end of the COVID-19 pandemic tunnel seems "further" and "dimmer" as the delta variant surges.

Poverty and Class, Environmental Health
Midwife Racha Tahani Lawler sits in the space in her garden on Tuesday, July 6, 2021 where she meets with women.

Pregnant during Pandemic: Black midwives in demand; are there enough to handle influx of clients?

About 2% of the country’s 15,000 licensed midwives are Black. In Southern California, there are about 120 licensed midwives, but only seven of them are Black.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Women's and Maternal Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Mental Health
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As state laws take aim at trans youth, use these tips and insights to bolster your reporting

A researcher, advocate and journalist share a terminology primer, policy updates and ideas for coverage.

Dennis touches their son as Aysha rests in the birthing bath at Kindred Space LA’s South LA birthing center on Mother’s Day nigh

Pregnant during pandemic: Programs, midwives step up to support Black mothers

Many of LA County’s programs focus on addressing the consequences of intergenerational racism on the health of Black women.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Women's and Maternal Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Mental Health, Patient Safety and Ethics
(Photo by Javier Soriano/AFP via Getty Images)

Olympic superstar Allyson Felix highlights the crisis facing Black mothers

The most decorated U.S. track and field Olympian in history is using her star power to highlight the glaring disparities facing Black mothers.

Race and Equity
A woman receives a COVID-19 vaccine during a mobile vaccine clinic at the rear of MacArthur Park in Central Long Beach

Convincing the unvaccinated: City pushes to vaccinate vulnerable groups as COVID-19 delta variant rages

In Long Beach, health officials say they’ve made progress in getting new people vaccinated in recent weeks, with a nearly 50% increase in daily doses administered.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Immigrant and Migrant Health, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Health Insurance and Costs, Patient Safety and Ethics
Photo by Lexis-Olivier Ray for L.A. TACO.

City Reverses Decision to Remove Washing Stations from Encampments Following L.A. Taco Investigation

The city extended the program two months after a L.A. TACO investigation found that vendors failed to service units consistently, despite collecting millions of dollars in payments.

Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Housing and Homeslessness, Community Safety
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Massive changes are afoot in Medicare, and the media keeps missing the story

The media has largely taken a pass on covering the dark side of Medicare Advantage plans, so people don't understand how the plans’ cost-sharing and provider networks really work.

Race and Equity, Health Insurance and Costs, Aging

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