"Our kids aren’t growing up, you know. They’re dying. They’re dying too fast," says Koquisha Cook, who lost her daughter in an August shooting.
Health Equity & Social Justice
On April 11, Dena Garcia was told that her mother was running a fever. Three days later, she was sent to the ER, where she was unresponsive.
New programs were beginning to address the traumatic foundation of Humboldt County's health problems. Then came COVID-19.
An investigation by The Tribune and the Promotores Collaborative of San Luis Obispo showed many renters throughout the county live in housing that’s old and in need of repairs.
How ICE moves detainees under the cover of darkness.
Students with behavioral issues are being pushed into the special education department, which is already overwhelmed.
Therapists in California Want to Provide Affordable Mental Health Care. Here's What's Stopping Them.
California has the highest rate of unmet mental health treatment needs in the country.
The need for mental health services in the Vietnamese community is high, but there’s a strong stigma attached to mental health in the community, and members aren’t always able to access the type of services they need.
This story was produced as a joint project led by Nathan O'Neal and Colton Shone, participants in the 2020 National Fellowship, that cover the variety of circumstances that contribute to health disparities in the Navajo Natio...
One facility was hit hard – 50-plus COVID cases and more than a dozen deaths. Another endured only 3 cases and just one patient died. Many factors likely figure in the difference.