HOUSTON, Texas -- Before COVID-19, Katrina Barlow was prepared to retire at 55, was driving her dream car, had recovered from cancer and was able to support her disabled mother. After a year of living ...

Day of the Dead is a holiday that originated in Mexico. In Spanish, it’s called "Día de los Muertos." Nohemi Valencia-Bustillos has grown up celebrating it. “Día de los Muertos is a celebration that ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Amid the various challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic is the virus' disproportionate effect on communities of color. According to the CDC, racial and ethnic minority ...

Rates have been high in places like NYC, Chicago, Washington D.C. and Atlanta. In New York City, African Americans and Latinos are two times more likely to be hospitalized and to die from COVID than ...

After touting a massive expansion of testing and stable case counts earlier this summer, California has in recent weeks been rolling back on its earlier promise of easy access to testing for every ...

“There’s also the psychological aspects of being Black in America and the environments of communities of color, where you have lack of access to care and disparities that exist in the healthcare ...

From air quality alerts to stoplights, governments use color-coded systems to keep people safe in many different settings. Last month, California added another color-based system to communicate about ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has created both short-term and long-term negative consequences for behavioral health outcomes. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Forum on Mental ...

I could access benefits most Americans can’t—ones that will disappear if Congress doesn’t renew them soon. When COVID-19 first landed in the US and much of the country shut down in mid-March, my ...

About 58 percent of nurses who died of COVID-19 and related complications are nurses of color, a report from a prominent nurse union says. The report, released by National Nurses United, collected ...