Black women have 80% higher risk of preterm birth between 32 and 33 weeks of pregnancy if a Black person who lives in their neighborhood is killed by police during the pregnancy, according to a study by researchers at UC San Francisco and UC Berkeley.
When Greg Ritzinger was in his early 20s, he found himself without permanent housing and unable to fully access public facilities or amenities, while facing other difficulties as a former youth experiencing homelessness, or YEH.
Now, at the age of 29, Ritzinger is a UC Berkeley student and a member of Youth and Allies Against Homelessness, or YAAH, a group committed to ending homelessness. Considered to be an overlooked population, YEH are generally individuals under the age of 26 who are experiencing homelessness.
The COVID-19 pandemic has positioned YEH to be at the greatest risk of being affected by the pandemic, according to a UC Berkeley School of Public Health report titled “On the COVID-19 Front Line and Hurting” that was released last summer. In addition to being a physical health threat, COVID-19 impacts the well-being of YEH by limiting their basic needs of shelter, food and safety.
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Does California Have ‘One Of The Lowest’ Covid-19 Death Rates In The Nation As Gov. Newsom Claimed?
Wednesday, March 10, 2021 | Sacramento, CA
California Gov. Gavin Newsom takes his mask off before to delivering his State of the State address from Dodger Stadium Tuesday, March 9, 2021, in Los Angeles.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom said California’s per capita COVID-19 death rate remained “one of the lowest” in the nation, lower than the national average and rates in Texas and New York.
CDC data placed California’s mortality rate at 137 deaths per 100,000 as of March 9, 2021. That’s lower than the national average of 158 deaths per 100,000 and better than rates in Texas and New York.