‘They don’t have a rainy-day fund or bucket of money that’s just waiting for a big crisis.’
Public health
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On the deep human need to be outside
The isolation of COVID-19 has made the outdoors even more important.
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COVID-19 impacts every corner of the Navajo Nation
Front-line workers confront the world’s newest deadly malady.
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How do you fight wildfire during a pandemic?
Keeping first responders socially distant, and evacuating communities safely, would be a challenge.
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Virtual house calls flourish in the age of coronavirus
COVID-19 has pushed health care into cyberspace — and some rural practitioners might stay there.
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‘It’s hurting in the short term. It’s hurting now.’
Acoma Pueblo Gov. Brian Vallo discusses his community’s COVID-19 response.
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Can alternative living encampments help with the homelessness crisis?
Advocates fear they’re a stopgap solution that could become permanent.
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Utah and New Mexico lead the Mountain West in COVID-19 testing
Testing czars and local laboratories allowed the states to be more aggressive with testing.
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Fallout: First cancer, now delayed compensation for Indigenous downwinder communities
Bureaucratic roadblocks mean ‘apology’ payouts are hard to access for Indigenous communities exposed to nuclear tests.
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Indigenous people face down zombies and win in ‘Blood Quantum’
Jeff Barnaby’s latest film speaks to Indigenous futurism and our new COVID-19 reality.
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How climate research continues during stay-at-home orders
NOAA networks get creative to gather data.
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‘They cut all of our hours’
Despite their designation as essential, California farmworkers are being furloughed.
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Jackson, whole: Community persists with an uncertain future
COVID-19 upends a Wyoming resort town.
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How the pandemic will set back environmental science
Across the Western U.S., researchers are worried about unmonitored threatened species.
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Border wall construction brings crowds, and COVID-19 anxiety, into Arizona towns
Hundreds of workers are passing through the rural border communities, where medical services are already strained.
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Arizona steelworkers continue strike despite COVID-19
After more than a decade without a raise, workers are asking for a better contract.
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In their words: How Westerners are weathering the pandemic
From feeling hopeful to anxious to resilient, people across the West offer a look into their communities.
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Are wildland firefighters at a greater risk from COVID-19?
New research suggests that the smoke firefighters breathe makes the disease more threatening.
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Park closures have unequal costs
As we limit outdoor access, consider the impact on underrepresented communities.