Public health focuses on the systematic prevention of disease and prolonging of life by governments, NGO’s and other groups. Pulitzer Center stories tagged with “Public Health” feature reporting on communicable and non-communicable diseases, the development of medical systems and infrastructure to provide public access to health care services. Use the Pulitzer Center Lesson Builder to find and create lesson plans on public health.
Regina still gets teary when she recalls the moment she learned that her household—four adults and five children—had been exposed to COVID-19.
A San Francisco business owner discusses how the novel coronavirus has affected him and his community.
Westchester Community College Reporting Fellow alum Amanda Michelle Gordon reports on the challenges students with disabilities and their parents face as they adjust to remote learning.
An interactive from the Los Angeles Times with support from the Pulitzer Center showcases the lives of some of the people lost to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The emergency service received 1,179 reports of deaths from possible COVID-19 patients in the first two months of the epidemic, a much larger figure than what the Ministry of Health officially reports.
Stranded in London during the pandemic-induced lockdown, film directors Frederick Bernas and Ana Gonzalez produced the "Covid Chronicles," a series of documentary shorts featuring a young doctor on the frontlines and a volunteer worker.
After picking up a client from the airport, Gabino developed COVID-19 symptoms. He visited two public health centers to get a diagnosis, but neither provided a PCR test. A couple of days later he got tested. Soon, he was gasping for air. This is his story.
Filmmaker Kalyanee Mam reflects on how her family has used food to heal and sustain themselves, from their time in Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge regime to their current experiences with COVID-19.
As the coronavirus spread across Italy and deeper into Europe, criminal groups worked their way into the health-care system.
Transporters continue to wait at the Costa Rica-Nicaragua border with little access to water, food, and restrooms.
As players in the respirator manufacturing industry, Mexico and Costa Rica navigate the complicated situations they are in during the pandemic, exporting supplies they so dearly need.
Courtnesha Rogers faces a slew of challenges as she and her three young children live through the COVID-19 pandemic.
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