Medical discrimination and a lack of data make it difficult for people of color to get help for post-COVID problems.
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From providing accurate COVID-19 information to advocating for testing and vaccination with cultural sensitivity, these community healthcare workers were key to serving marginalized Hispanic populations.
Prosperous Wellstar system points to losses at Atlanta Medical Center as others question their commitment to serving the community.
One in five Indigenous Chamorros in the Northern Mariana Islands has diabetes, and the demand for dialysis is growing. But the only dialysis centers are on the capital island of Saipan.
The pandemic compounded barriers to accessing medical care—and many continue to delay or forgo treatment.
The loss of an emergency room worries nearby hospital officials but Wellstar Health System cites too many losses to continue at Atlanta Medical Center.
Talis Shelbourne reported this project on the intersection of asthma, housing and health systems with the support of a grant from USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism's 2022 Impact Fund for Reporting on Health Equity and Health Systems. ...
Patients who hadn’t sought health care in years flocked to clinics when a temporary pandemic program expanded Medicaid access to the commonwealth’s guest worker population.
Ariel Hart’s reporting on gaps in medical services in Georgia was undertaken as a USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism 2022 National Fellowship grantee....
The Journal Sentinel gathered information from doctors, asthma organizations and housing advocates to create a guide for managing children's asthma.