Health Equity & Social Justice

How the pandemic has devastated San Francisco’s Asian communities

A reporter explores how the COVID-19 pandemic is disproportionately impacting the Bay Area's Asian communities.

Race and Equity, Immigrant and Migrant Health, Poverty and Class, Patient Safety and Ethics, Aging

THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ HAVE PARTNERED IN A NEW MANAGED ENCAMPMENT IN SAN LORENZO PARK.

Activists: Don’t Blow Another Opportunity on Homelessness

A pandemic, a shift in homeless services and two new reports.

Poverty and Class, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Health Insurance and Costs, Housing and Homeslessness, Mental Health, Community Safety

LA ramps up COVID testing in high-poverty neighborhoods, but confusion and problems persist

Can a new strategy targeting the hardest-hit communities help bring the surging epidemic under control?

Bruce Anderson, Hawaii's health director.

Pandemic is disproportionately hurting Hawaii's Pacific Islander and Filipino communities

Despite Hawaii’s reputation as a racial paradise, the state is home to striking income disparities that fall along racial and ethnic lines.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Immigrant and Migrant Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Chronic Disease, Aging

A volunteer participating in Oxford’s COVID-19 vaccine trial receives a shot in South Africa on June 24.

Recruiting Black volunteers for COVID-19 vaccine trials means overcoming mistrust

The ugly history of clandestine experiments and abuse of Black patients casts a long shadow.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Immigrant and Migrant Health, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Patient Safety and Ethics

(Photo by Ricky Shore via Flickr/Creative Commons)

‘We need your help.’ Are refugees getting mental-health assistance they need?

Refugees need help with mental health care, but are they getting it? A reporter plots a deeper exploration of their plight.

Race and Equity, Environmental Health, Immigrant and Migrant Health, Poverty and Class, Mental Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Patient Safety and Ethics

After Gov. David Ige removed access to public health insurance for poor, sick migrants from Micronesia, many died

Hawaii Wanted To Save Insurance Money. People Died

A new study shows the impacts of a 2015 decision to cut health insurance for some of the state’s poorest and sickest residents.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Immigrant and Migrant Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Patient Safety and Ethics

Will Pharmacist Resistance Hamper Law to Expand Access to HIV Prevention Meds?

Pre-exposure prophylaxis can save lives, but patients seeking the medications face numerous obstacles.

Health Insurance and Costs, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Community Safety, Patient Safety and Ethics

From cradle to grave, racial inequity is part of the Black Charlotte experience

A new reporting project asks, "Why do people of color in an affluent city lack basic medical attention?"

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Mental Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Chronic Disease, Food and Nutrition

Are medical schools pushing outdated views of race?

Health sciences are rooted in concepts that go back centuries, and some of those concepts were crafted with a racist lens, writes contributor William Heisel.

Poverty and Class, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Patient Safety and Ethics

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Health Equity & Social Justice

How the pandemic has devastated San Francisco’s Asian communities

Activists: Don’t Blow Another Opportunity on Homelessness

LA ramps up COVID testing in high-poverty neighborhoods, but confusion and problems persist

Pandemic is disproportionately hurting Hawaii's Pacific Islander and Filipino communities

Recruiting Black volunteers for COVID-19 vaccine trials means overcoming mistrust

‘We need your help.’ Are refugees getting mental-health assistance they need?

Hawaii Wanted To Save Insurance Money. People Died

Will Pharmacist Resistance Hamper Law to Expand Access to HIV Prevention Meds?

From cradle to grave, racial inequity is part of the Black Charlotte experience

Are medical schools pushing outdated views of race?