This zip code has more poor households than anywhere else in Florida. The coronavirus outbreak has only made it worse.
Healthcare Systems & Policy
Recently, state and county officials rolled out plans for mass COVID-19 testing in nursing homes. But there’s no roadmap for widespread testing in another senior care venue: assisted living facilities.
Research shows home visiting programs can help prevent child abuse and neglect, improve school readiness, increase the physical and mental wellbeing of moms and kids.
Amid pandemic, young kids with special needs missing out on services
For Survivors of Violen
Charlie Ornstein of ProPublica and Reuters' Chris Kirkham talk strategy.
All 50 states are now reopening their economies in phases after an unprecedented lockdown and economic plunge not seen since the Great Depression. Officials have had to weigh the damage to workers and families from the ongoing shutdowns against the risks posed by the potentially deadly virus.
John Adena's death in custody is one of 25 reported by the Shasta County Jail since 2006 — a number that one former California jail manager and expert witness described as “way too many, obviously.”
Domestic violence, the leading cause of homelessness among women and children, is increasing during the pandemic.
The report comes six weeks before the reform school will attempt to win back its licenses and reopen
The loss of a job shouldn't mean the loss of health care or devastating medical bills. Here's what states can do now to help.
The lawsuit, among the earliest of its kind in California, accuses The Springs at Pacific Regent and its owner of negligence in responding to the novel coronavirus.