Healthcare Systems & Policy

“We are still trying to understand how it manifests and how it happens,” said Dr. Emnet Gammada, a clinical geriatric neuro-psychology fellow at the UCLA Semel Institute of Neuroscience and Human Behavior. “What surprises me is how much we know and how much we don’t know.”

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

This is the second in a series of articles produced by Darlene Donloe, a 2021 California Fellow, on the impact of Alzheimer’s disease on the Black community in Los Angeles.

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

We investigated long-term, systemic shortcomings in the Illinois program. Here are some tips to help you do similar reporting in other parts of the country.

Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Community Safety

Across California, data show that the youngest students have either missed school entirely, or if they did stay enrolled, had online learning experiences that were developmentally inappropriate at worst and challenging at best.

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

This story is part of a larger story led by Dana Ullman, a 2021 California Fellow who is reporting on disparities in the quality and access to health care for Latino and Indigenous peoples in Mendocino County. ...

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

The promotores already have the trust of their communities, filling gaps in public health information through translation, providing COVID-19 testing, referrals for vaccinations, and responding to the direct needs of their community with cultural understanding.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Immigrant and Migrant Health, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Health Insurance and Costs, Food and Nutrition

A review of thousands of records showed the state program struggles to reach survivors in need, and paid out claims in less than half of all cases.

Environmental Health, Poverty and Class, Mental Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Community Safety, Patient Safety and Ethics