Healthcare Systems & Policy

The Number of Immigrant Women Who Were Victims of Domestic Violence Increased During the Pandemic

Many immigrant women were already vulnerable before due to their immigration status; the lockdown worsened their situation.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Immigrant and Migrant Health, Domestic Violence, Community Safety

REPORTAJE: Violencia doméstica se agudiza en la pandemia entre mujeres inmigrantes

Muchas mujeres inmigrantes ya eran vulnerables al abuso conyugal, por ser indocumentadas y poco preparadas; la pandemia agudizó ese problema.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Immigrant and Migrant Health, Domestic Violence, Community Safety

Ana Huynh, shown in her Chapel Street office, is the program director for Mixteco Indigena Community Organizing Project

Learning lessons: Community seeks path to health equity as COVID retains grip on Santa Maria

"If everybody in this community were vaccinated, we would have one person in the ICU. One," Marian Regional pulmonologist Zacharia Reagle said.

Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Health Insurance and Costs

(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

America’s fierce fight over drug prices takes center stage in Congress

If drug price negotiation fails, Democrats lose funding for much of their current health care plans.

Health Insurance and Costs, Healthcare Regulation and Reform

For birthing parents on the Mendocino Coast, labor and delivery centers are a disappearing act

Birthing parents report isolation during the pandemic and stress after the closure of the labor and delivery center in Fort Bragg last year, revealing strains on maternal healthcare in Mendocino County.

Environmental Health, Women's and Maternal Health, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Patient Safety and Ethics

Chasing memories inside Silicon Valley’s Desi grocery stores

This article was produced as a project for the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2021 California Fellowship.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Food and Nutrition

Candles create a vigil outside the tent of an unhoused community member who was shot in West Oakland

Alameda County doesn't track deaths of unhoused people — here's why that impacts the opioid crisis

Unhoused people are reversing overdoses and saving lives on the street, but these efforts aren’t showing up in official counts.

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

photo by Dana Ullman / The Mendocino Voice

Al expirar la moratoria de desalojo de California, muchos residentes del condado de Mendocino ya han sido afectados

Dana Ullman is reporting on health-related stories for The Mendocino Voice with support from the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism. This article was produced as a series for the 2021 Center for Health Journalism California Fellowship.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Mental Health, Community Safety

Santa Maria City Public Information Manager Mark van de Kamp

Lost in translation: Language gaps hinder critical COVID-19 outreach in Santa Maria

As COVID-19 spread through Santa Maria in early 2020, basic information about preventive measures failed to reach much of the population.

Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Community Safety

Tameka Issartel and her daughter Nalani, 5, laugh with Tenshin, 7 months, in their El Sereno living room

Pregnant during pandemic: COVID-19 fears fuel increased interest in home births

More women have been opting for home birth as hospitals postponed or moved most of their health care online due to COVID-19.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Mental Health

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Healthcare Systems & Policy

The Number of Immigrant Women Who Were Victims of Domestic Violence Increased During the Pandemic

REPORTAJE: Violencia doméstica se agudiza en la pandemia entre mujeres inmigrantes

Learning lessons: Community seeks path to health equity as COVID retains grip on Santa Maria

America’s fierce fight over drug prices takes center stage in Congress

For birthing parents on the Mendocino Coast, labor and delivery centers are a disappearing act

Chasing memories inside Silicon Valley’s Desi grocery stores

Alameda County doesn't track deaths of unhoused people — here's why that impacts the opioid crisis

Al expirar la moratoria de desalojo de California, muchos residentes del condado de Mendocino ya han sido afectados

Lost in translation: Language gaps hinder critical COVID-19 outreach in Santa Maria

Pregnant during pandemic: COVID-19 fears fuel increased interest in home births