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Immigrants’ Concerns

(Editor’s note: The following story is printed with the permission of the Central Valley Journalism Collaborative.) Undocumented, low-income immigrants in California who are covered by Medi-Cal [...] Continue Reading

County Oral Health Improvement Plan 

In January 2019, a collaborative process including community members, local community-based organizations and other stakeholders united with the intent to improve Fresno County’s oral health [...] Continue Reading

Valadao Against His Community

House Republicans have greenlit a proposal that will cut the Medicaid budget by a staggering $880 billion, effectively eliminating access to public healthcare for the vast majority of low-income [...] Continue Reading

Valadao Contra su Comunidad

Los Republicanos en la Cámara de Diputados dieron luz verde a una propuesta que recortará el presupuesto de Medicaid en la increíble suma de $880 billones de dólares, lo que significa eliminar el [...] Continue Reading

Un Legado que se Desvanece

El edificio en la esquina de Oak y Willis en Visalia está en silencio. La reja metálica está encadenada. Un letrero descolorido por el sol aún dice Clínica Gratuita Santa Misericordia. Las ventanas [...] Continue Reading

A Fading Legacy

The building on the corner of Oak Avenue and Willis Street in Visalia is quiet now. The metal gate is chained. A sun-faded sign still reads St. Mercy Free Clinic. The windows are dark, and the bench [...] Continue Reading

Cuban Doctors the Pride of the Nation

For many decades, Cuba has been sending thousands of medical professionals overseas to work in countries that needed doctors for a variety of reasons—post-colonial countries such as Algeria, Zimbabwe, [...] Continue Reading