Fresno County was obligated to provide care to everyone who needed it, regardless of their immigration status. Now a judge has determined that the county no longer has to offer them medical services.
Healthcare Systems & Policy
A woman who lived her life homeless in Los Angeles almost got the help she needed. Her story shows everything could be different.
Also, Johns Hopkins and NYT curtail COVID tracking efforts, and new research on long COVID's unequal toll.
Finding people to actually talk about their experiences is tough. For many people, eviction is shrouded in shame.
The pandemic continues to bring stress upon those in the state who can least afford it.
Also, California drops plan to require COVID vaccines in schools, and Chinese study claims no new variants detected from outbreak there.
Health experts point to the crippling influence of institutionalized racism as a looming roadblock to these efforts.
Also this week: Dearth of pandemic data on race, ethnicity ‘beyond bad,' and experts support additional oversight of pathogen research.
Stigma leaves many without the products or knowledge they need to maintain a healthy period, a new reporting project finds.
Financial distress is leading some immigrants into lives as professional guinea pigs.