Deepa Bharath

From ukuleles to lavender diffusers, chaplains try to help nurses, doctors and others cope with stress amid the pandemic.

Despite inequalities in pay and opportunity for advancement, many are optimistic for improvement in an industry with deepening roots in the region.

The test-positivity rate in San Bernardino County dropped below 10% this week.

The county has been moved down from the “high” to the “substantial” tier reflecting the reduction in community transmission rate.

State data showed 15% fewer patients in the hospital and 11% fewer patients in intensive care units

“Here is an opportunity for us to come together and worship together. It’s a little taste of heaven.”

“If you corner people and call them a racist or a bigot, they’re going to retreat,” Positive Identity’s co-founder says. The group wants to build understanding and compassio…

Twenty years after the attack on the twin towers, Islamophobia persists. “We’re seen as Muslims first and as human beings later,” one advocate said.

Health officials must be ready to pivot as variants spread and new guidance on vaccinations is released.

Josh Dugas, a 20-year veteran of the county’s public health department, urges vaccinations to slow the coronavirus pandemic this fall and winter.

Increasing vaccinations and following safety measures such as masking and social distancing are key to keeping infections down, officials say.

Preliminary analysis of the 2020 Census data shows significant shifts in Latino and Asian American populations in Southern California.

There’s a split on the state-imposed rule, though a Riverside County health official calls face coverings “the best way to keep kids safe”

The county has entered into a $270,500 contract with two agencies to produce culturally competent and relevant messaging about vaccines.

The county had 2,000 fewer COVID-19 cases and had overreported fewer than 10 deaths during the winter surge.

Los Angeles County begins new mask rules Saturday night, July 17, but no such move appears imminent in the Inland region

“Budgets are a reflection of what we value, and in the past Asian and Pacific Islander communities were not valued,” one legislator said.

“We’ve seen pictures of Asian men and women minding their business, walking on the street and getting attacked. As Black people, we know what that’s like,” one pastor said.

As the social justice movement continues, parents and educators disagree on how to teach students about race, racism, equity

In a change of pace from the empowering physical roles she tends to embrace, Michelle Rodriguez shows a vulnerable side we’ve never seen