Health

Climate change is a threat to people with disabilities that has historically been overlooked by policymakers and researchers.

Volunteers in Central Virginia are putting resources and information into the hands of their neighbors.

Pittsburgh’s oldest HIV organization provides integrated care for people living with a virus that still has no cure.

NeighborWorks Northeastern Pennsylvania provides home repairs and safety modifications for older adults.

NOVA ScriptsCentral in Northern Virginia helps low-income patients access life-saving drugs for chronic illnesses.

Resolve Magazine’s first year highlighted people across the country dedicated to their communities and to each other.

A network of organizations in California reimagines how reports of domestic violence are handled.

A call line in the Texas Rio Grande Valley is filling a gap for people needing emotional support.

Black and Latinx children with disabilities in California face inequities in health and social care.

Birth workers supporting Black and Latinx women find their work even more critical in the pandemic.

Pandemic and related safety measures disrupt key early interventions, like speech and physical therapy.

For Appalachia’s Latinx communities, barriers to care are often more complicated than cost.

Teachers in Appalachia face additional hardships during the pandemic, as districts push for in-person learning.

By accounting for history and investing in communities, nonprofit hospitals can address racial disparities in health care.

Relationships prove powerful as food organizations in Charlotte coordinate to meet rising demand.

A Michigan physician reflects on the lessons learned during the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis.

‘Crazy Pills’ and Jesus weren’t enough to cure the stigma of mental health issues in Appalachia, so these women took action.

Senior police officer Kat Ratcliff responds to more calls, more restrictions, and more risk as she serves her community during the pandemic.

Cherice Harrison-Nelson stays grounded by the cultural traditions that her family has honored for generations.

With health issues that make her vulnerable to the coronavirus, 85-year-old Eloise is adjusting to life in quarantine.

UT’s Dell Medical School launches the COVID-19 ATX Exchange to funnel PPE donations to “second-line” care workers.

Homeless, living with HIV, and lacking antiretroviral medication, Bella Casebolt is fighting to survive.

For the president and CEO of Samaritan House, protecting at-risk residents during the COVID-19 crisis requires vigilance and hope.

A grassroots effort in New Orleans is feeding front line hospital workers and helping local restaurants stay in business.

As COVID-19 arrived in Texas, nurse Andrea Dunn learned she’s six weeks pregnant with her second child.

For many Texans concerned during the COVID-19 crisis, the 211 hotline offers verified information, reassurance, resources, and compassion.

For birth worker Ellen Gonzalez, the COVID-19 crisis makes it more difficult to support and connect with her clients when they need her most.

For Oakland’s unhoused population, survival during the COVID-19 crisis becomes harder by the day, but advocate Derrick Soo isn’t slowing down.

Hernandez continues to visit her in-home care clients during the COVID-19 crisis — she says they need her now more than ever.

Anthony Pico speaks to Reed Connell from A Home Within, a national organization that connects current and former foster youth to therapy services.

Asociación Mayab was founded in 2003 to promote Mayan cultural events, but the San Francisco-based group soon began receiving requests for interpretation services.

The Mercy Brown Bag Program in Alameda County, California has been providing meals for seniors for more than three decades, and now it has a new way to do it: a special delivery truck.