Delta pounds rural communities
COVID-19 is moving to the country. While cases were highest in urban areas as the pandemic began, the pattern flipped as summer drew to a close, according to a new report from the Rural Policy Research Institute. Now rural case rates outnumber those in cities, and rural dwellers are at more than twice the risk of death as urbanites.
The number of Californians 65 and older living with Alzheimer’s disease is projected to more than double by the year 2040, according to new data released by the California Department of Public Health in conjunction with the Alzheimer’s Association.
Housing. It’s an issue full of inequities that continue to impact minority and Black families in California.
Whether it was redlining in the 1930s, a discriminatory practice of denying financial services to residents of certain areas based on their race or ethnicity, or racist language embedded in property records, people of color have battled housing inequality for far too long.
Mt. San Jacinto College (MSJC) will host its annual TEDxMSJC event organized by students, faculty and staff at 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 22, online via YouTube.