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Kaiser says it halved the hypertension gap between blacks and whites over a decade — but how?
posted 06/13/2019
The gap between African Americans and whites in controlling hypertension decreased by 58% from 2009 to 2017. Explaining why is trickier.
A reporter learns to go slow and gain trust for series on harm reduction for drug users
posted 03/20/2019
"You can’t just waltz into a community of people who are marginalized and under threat, stick a microphone in their faces and start asking them questions," writes reporter Judith Mernit, a 2018 Impact Fund recipient.
Can harm reduction save lives and improve health of drug users?
posted 06/26/2018
Syringe exchanges and overdose kits aren’t always reaching poor and rural Californians, but advocates of the harm reducation approach are trying to make that happen.

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Kaiser says it halved the hypertension gap between blacks and whites over a decade — but how?
The gap between African Americans and whites in controlling hypertension decreased by 58% from... more »
posted 06/13/19
A reporter learns to go slow and gain trust for series on harm reduction for drug users
"You can’t just waltz into a community of people who are marginalized and under threat, stick a... more »
posted 03/20/19
Can harm reduction save lives and improve health of drug users?
Syringe exchanges and overdose kits aren’t always reaching poor and rural Californians, but... more »
posted 06/26/18

Judith Mernit's Work
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Project: Science supports supervised injection sites. Why don’t politicians agree?
Safe injection facilities represent the highest ideal of harm reduction services for people who inject drugs, yet in the United States remain almost prohibitively controversial.
Project: Can harm reduction roll back an epidemic of drug-related deaths and disease?
The practice of harm reduction seeks not to shame people who use drugs into giving them up, but simply to provide them with the tools to improve their health.
Project: Drug users fight for acceptance in California’s deep north
Judith Lewis Mernit’s reporting on harm reduction in rural California was supported by the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2018 Impact Fund.