By UC Davis Health | Following are COVID-19 related resources and services from UC Davis Health, local community-based organizations, chambers of commerce, and other groups for multicultural, multilingual, and underserved communities.
Read MoreBy Dan Diamond and Adam Cancryn | Advocates are again calling for Congress to restore health coverage for tens of thousands of uninsured Pacific Islanders, warning that the population has been hard-hit by the coronavirus.
Read MoreBy Asian Americana | We explore the stories of Asian Americans working to defend our communities from attacks, the volunteers organizing direct aid to vulnerable populations, the people translating information into terms and languages so more can understand, and the local businesses helping each other and their communities survive during Covid-19.
Read MoreBy Dan Diamond and Adam Cancryn | ADVOCATES CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR DEMOGRAPHIC DATA — More than 250 groups, led by the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum and Trust for America’s Health, are asking congressional leaders and HHS Secretary Alex Azar to invest in tracking disparities in order to combat the pandemic but also to guard against future risks.
Read MoreBy The Skanner News | WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) on Thursday announced the COVID-19 Racial and Ethnic Disparities Task Force Act, legislation to bring together health care and other policy experts, community-based organizations, and federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial leaders to confront the racial and ethnic disparities of the coronavirus pandemic head-on.
Read MoreBy Sierra Sun Times | April 30, 2020 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) on Thursday announced the COVID-19 Racial and Ethnic Disparities Task Kamala D. HarrisForce Act, legislation to bring together health care and other policy experts, community-based organizations, and federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial leaders to confront the racial and ethnic disparities of the coronavirus pandemic head on.
Read MoreBy Carlotta Mohamed | Congresswoman Grace Meng on April 28 introduced a bill that would require all federal government agencies to translate written COVID-19-related materials to be into multiple languages for the public.
Read MoreBy Quincy Snowdon | A mother in Littleton is spit on in front of her young children. A man is harassed while sitting in his car in Denver. An elderly business owner is accosted while grocery shopping in Lakewood.
Read MoreBy Dan Diamond | Alarmed by the threat posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, lawmakers are urging congressional leaders to restore health coverage for tens of thousands of uninsured Pacific Islanders who were promised Medicaid after U.S. nuclear weapons testing but lost coverage in the 1996 welfare reform bill.
Read MoreBy Gaby Galvin | The country’s COVID-19 crisis has placed patients and interpreters alike in precarious positions, with consequences that could extend beyond the current pandemic.
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