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March 15, 2021
Gender-Affirming Care for Youth is Good Health Care
Skyler Rosellini, Abigail Coursolle, and Cathren Cohen Health Equity
Imagine that you are a parent to a child who needs medical treatment for a serious medical condition that impacts their daily life. Your child’s medical providers all agree that this treatment is the best way to ameliorate the symptoms of your child’s condition, and the risks are low.…
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March 15, 2021
The Time is Now to Vaccinate High-Risk People with Disabilities
Hannah Eichner Coronavirus, Health Equity
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many people with disabilities have faced a disproportionate risk of COVID-19 exposure, serious illness, and death. While data collection in the U.S. is less comprehensive, a recent study from England outlines the scope of the problem, finding that people with significant disabilities were three to…
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February 24, 2021
New Directions in Regulatory Policy Give Health Policy Advocates a Glimmer of Hope
Dania Douglas Health Equity
On his first day in office, President Biden issued a series of Executive Orders and Memoranda that signaled a clear departure from the administrative and regulatory policies of the Trump Administration. This was welcome news to health policy advocates who hope that the Biden Administration can help reverse some…
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February 16, 2021
To End the Pandemic, California Must Prioritize Equity in Vaccine Distribution
Cathren Cohen Coronavirus, Health Equity, Immigrant Health
It has now been over a year since the first cases of COVID-19 were detected in California, and, while the vaccine rollout has brought hope that the pandemic will eventually be behind us, distribution problems threaten that progress. At this point, we know who is at greatest risk of…
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January 11, 2021
Im/migrant Detention is Reproductive Injustice
Madeline Morcelle Coronavirus, Health Equity, Immigrant Health
This blog was co-authored by Mason Ramsay, Fall 2020 Intern, NHeLP, J.D. Candidate ‘21, University of Tennessee College of LawFor the past four years, the Trump administration’s U.S. Department of Homeland Security has committed a litany of human rights violations against immigrants and migrants (im/migrants)—particularly Black, Indigenous, People of…
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December 22, 2020
Medi-Cal Will Help Low-Income Californians Weather the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Economic Fall Out
Alicia Emanuel Coronavirus
Now is a particularly perilous time in the COVID-19 pandemic. Winter is here and we will all be forced to spend more time indoors due to cold temperatures, further fueling the spread of COVID-19. Before the vaccine is more widely distributed, we are holding out hope that our frontline…
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Gender-Affirming Care for Youth is Good Health Care

The Time is Now to Vaccinate High-Risk People with Disabilities

New Directions in Regulatory Policy Give Health Policy Advocates a Glimmer of Hope

To End the Pandemic, California Must Prioritize Equity in Vaccine Distribution

Im/migrant Detention is Reproductive Injustice

Medi-Cal Will Help Low-Income Californians Weather the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Economic Fall Out