Opinion: Our Research Shows How to Right the Injustices of COVID-19
We examined health data from New York City and Los Angeles and found troubling patterns. In both cities, Latinx and Black residents were twice as likely to die from COVID-19 than white residents, and...
View ArticleBill Would Reverse ‘Discriminatory’ Policy That Mostly Impacts Women of Color
California is close to revising a rule that excludes family caregivers from unemployment. If signed into law, the bill is expected to extend unemployment eligibility to more than 119,000 family...
View ArticleOpinion: As Doctors, We Prescribe Voting For Better Health
We are physicians and leaders of the largest federally qualified community health center in the nation, located in East Los Angeles. The communities we serve are disproportionately experiencing the...
View ArticleOpinion: California, Here’s How to Protect Essential Workers
COVID-19 is exposing a hard truth about our communities: If the low-wage workers cannot obtain decent health care, everyone else is at risk. That’s because many of the lowest-income Californians hold...
View ArticleTherapists Want to Provide Affordable Mental Health Care. Here’s What’s...
Even driven therapists face major hurdles navigating the fractured U.S. health care system. The end result is that they have less time to actually provide mental health care, at a time when therapists...
View ArticleChildren Missing Out On Developmental Services Because Of Labyrinth System
To get services for their children, parents often must navigate a dizzying array of health care providers, special education entities and insurance programs, often with little support or guidance. By...
View ArticleHaving Trouble Voting in California? Let Us Know
At the California Health Report, we want to make sure any voting problems in our state are investigated and made public. To do that, we're partnering with the nonprofit, investigative news service...
View ArticleOpinion: Health and Equity Are On the Ballot With Prop. 15
Health outcomes, including how long people live and their quality of life, are powerfully influenced by community conditions like the availability of parks and open space, high-quality schools, healthy...
View ArticleFor Medically Fragile Children, Pandemic-Induced Supply Shortages Continue
Suppliers and parents began reporting shortages — most notably of ventilator circuits — early in the pandemic. Now, they say the problem is ongoing and kids are paying the price. Based on national...
View ArticleAnalysis: Is the Pandemic an Adverse Childhood Experience?
When I started my pediatric training, I expected to see kids with “typical” complaints, such as asthma attacks, ear infections, lacerations or maybe a COVID-19 case. Instead our emergency department...
View ArticleHow Families Are Fighting Racism and Disability Discrimination
Many parents of children with special needs — regardless of race — struggle to receive prompt diagnoses and services. But for families of color, the challenge is more acute. “There’s just a lot of...
View ArticleCan Movement Serve as an Antidote to Health Disparities?
While physical education might seem a low-level concern during the pandemic, health experts worry that the loss of access to exercise at school could widen health disparities among students. Health...
View ArticleOpinion: During a Pandemic, We Can’t Lose This Avenue to Health Equity
How can anyone think about taking away health coverage and critical consumer protections at all, let alone during a pandemic? California fully embraced the Affordable Care Act, which allowed it to...
View ArticleMy Grandparents’ Redlining Story Shows Why We Must Do Better
I share this part of my grandfather’s story to illustrate the real and lasting impacts of institutional racism: The same policies that cultivated wealth for White people in the United States prohibited...
View ArticleOpinion: What California Must Do for Kids’ Mental Health
Due to systemic inequities, children and teens of color are affected more often when it comes to mental health crises, with Latinos ages 10 through 19 representing nearly 40 percent of the total deaths...
View ArticleParents Caring for Children with Disabilities Have Some Advice
After almost 10 months of staying home, some of these families have settled into the new reality and are receiving better support. Some have found creative ways to adapt. But others are still...
View ArticleIt May Be the Most Important Test of a Child’s Life. Most Aren’t Getting It
Tens of thousands of California children with developmental delays aren’t diagnosed until they hit the school system. For children whose delays are detected late, the ramifications can be lifelong....
View ArticleOpinion: As Telehealth Expands, We Must Include Diverse Communities
The rise in telehealth has tremendous potential to improve the health of those who have historically lacked access to medical care. Those living medically underserved areas can use telehealth to more...
View ArticleAlternatives to Calling the Police for Domestic Violence Survivors
If involving the police and criminal justice system isn’t a safe, reliable option for most survivors, why is it offered as the main pathway for seeking help? A majority of survivors who called the...
View ArticleOpinion: Communities of Color Are Supposed to Be Getting State Money to...
In recent years, CalEPA has more explicitly acknowledged how environmental pollution disproportionately impacts Californians of color. But we are still waiting for decisive action to fix it. When...
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