The pandemic continues to bring stress upon those in the state who can least afford it.
Healthcare Systems & Policy
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.
The challenge: Proving that health tech companies can make a viable business out of reaching low-income people who also face social challenges.
The San Diego Union-Tribune is putting a spotlight on the real cost of child care in California.
Also this week: Latino teens take the lead in vaccine education, and fresh signs the tripledemic is on the wane.
The patients who need these potentially lifesaving services the most can’t always get them.