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Confronting Opioid Crisis Strains Community Health Resources

A patient at Avenal Community Health Center described watching his sixth friend die from overdose to Dr. Khuong Phui in May. He said the deceased had been confused, then unresponsive and had shallow to nonexistent breathing. The patient, a heroin user, was at the federally qualified health center for treatment. Phui sent him home with […]

Opioid Epidemic Elevates Related Health Risks in West Virginia

Over 340,000 used syringes have been dropped off at the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department since December 2015. That’s double the amount of county residents. West Virginia has one of the highest rates of Hepatitis B in the country. The liver disease can be contracted by sharing used needles. In 2015, the state rate was 14.7, compared […]

Everything For The American Dream [Photo Essay]

Award-Winning Photojournalist Oscar B. Castillo, who has previously reported for Direct Relief from Venezuela, Colombia, North Macedonia, Poland, and Ukraine, traveled to Ciudad Juarez and El Paso over Christmas and New Year’s to report on the ongoing border crisis. His photo essay and dispatch follow. In many ways, Ciudad Juarez represents the last of a […]

Photo Essay: Searching for a New Life After the Long Journey North

A total of about 100,000 migrants have arrived in New York City since last spring. Photojournalist Oscar B. Castillo followed recently-arrived families, such as Alejandra Jimenez and her small children, who traveled from southern Colombia to Texas before arriving in New York, and began acclimating to life in the city, with the help of health […]