This week we’re at home with Alexius Hill, a Memphis-based young mother who chose to give birth at home despite her family and friends’ concerns about doing so. We discuss the stigma around home births and explore the radical work of full-spectrum doulas.
Health Equity & Social Justice
A simple jog turns into an anxious minefield in the absence of clear guidance on COVID-19 transmission.
A reporter explores how the COVID-19 pandemic is disproportionately impacting the Bay Area's Asian communities.
A pandemic, a shift in homeless services and two new reports.
Can a new strategy targeting the hardest-hit communities help bring the surging epidemic under control?
Despite Hawaii’s reputation as a racial paradise, the state is home to striking income disparities that fall along racial and ethnic lines.
The ugly history of clandestine experiments and abuse of Black patients casts a long shadow.
Refugees need help with mental health care, but are they getting it? A reporter plots a deeper exploration of their plight.
A new study shows the impacts of a 2015 decision to cut health insurance for some of the state’s poorest and sickest residents.
Pre-exposure prophylaxis can save lives, but patients seeking the medications face numerous obstacles.