When older workers like Jan lose their jobs, they often lose health insurance as well, forcing many to drain their modest savings to extend their coverage.
Health Equity & Social Justice
Like thousands of parents across California and beyond who are caring for children with physical, behavioral and developmental conditions, the Ansaris rely on a small army of teachers, therapists, nurses and other caregivers to get through the week.
We’ve long given up the idea that justice is blind. We need to give up the idea that health care is blind, too....
A look inside an expanded syringe program and a new camp.
“It's overwhelming,” one diaper bank director said. “We're trying to do the best we can.”
Other states like Oregon have done more to include Pacific Islander community leaders in the pandemic emergency response and provide them with resources.
This week's question: How can the media encourage people to get vaccinated, once a vaccine has been developed?
“We kind of got stuck in limbo,” said Melissa Alcala, whose son has a rare genetic disorder.
Pacific Islanders — not including Native Hawaiians — make up 30% of Hawaii’s coronavirus cases but only 4% of the population.
Even as hopes for ending the COVID-19 pandemic hinge on a vaccine, Oregon saw a "sharp reduction" in the number of other vaccines administered to children and adults, according to an official tally by the state.