“Disasters have a way of exposing the most vulnerable among us and putting them in harm’s way,” Terence Mulligan, president of the Napa Valley Community Foundation, told me.
Patient Safety and Ethics
As the number of coronavirus cases and deaths continue to tick up around the country, an estimated 13% of people in Shelby County are facing the pandemic without health insurance.
On one side of the Byhalia pipeline battle: Fossil fuel companies' clout. Squaring off against Big Oil: Black families fighting to protect their health, homes, loved ones and land.
“We in primary care are exhausted.”
Even after new legislation, critics question whether Utah’s oversight will be sufficient to keep kids safe.
Does childhood immunization data show us which communities will shun the covid vaccines?
A Senate panel added the provision into a controversial bill addressing parental rights.
Florida’s agriculture commissioner asked the governor to open COVID-19 vaccinations to all farmworkers, noting they are “critical to producing safe, secure” food while being exposed to higher health risks during the pandemic.
An 800-gallon leak of crude oil and 10-pound release of benzene, a chemical compound the World Health Organization classifies as carcinogenic, occurred in January 2020 near the planned destination of the Byhalia pipeline.
Medical care and safety net programs are not reaching low-income and immigrant communities in places such as SF.