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A couple wear face masks as they visit Buckingham Palace in London on Saturday. After criticism for responding slowly, the United Kingdom has urged the public to avoid unnecessary contact.

U.K. Steps Up Coronavirus Prevention, But Its Hospitals Have Already Been Strained

The virus pandemic comes at a vulnerable time for the Britain's overburdened public health care system.

'Brown Album' Centers On The Erasure Of Race In American Culture

Porochista Khakpour's work is strongest when she turns the lens on herself to examine how she, too, is complicit; many essays here are just too tantalizingly brief to allow space for deep analysis.

Josie Ruíz at La Maestra Community Health Centers in San Diego's City Heights neighborhood points to the screen of an ultrasound machine used to examine the liver for damage caused by hepatitis C, Feb. 20, 2020.

Health Care Providers Developing Plan To Better Treat Homeless Patients With Hep C

A new report from the county looks at infectious diseases among a small group of people experiencing homelessness and chronic Hepatitis C is the most prevalent.

The documents released by WikiLeaks in 2017 represented one of the largest leaks in the history of the Central Intelligence Agency.

Ex-CIA Employee Accused Of Leaking Documents To WikiLeaks Goes On Trial

The leak of documents that appear to describe agency hacking practices is seen as one of the largest in the CIA's history. Former agency software engineer Joshua Schulte has pleaded not guilty.

From left: Deng Ge is a rap mogul who became a lockdown activist. Poet Sally Wen Mao Mao uses her art to express her anger about how Chinese people are being portrayed in the pandemic. Writer and comic artist Laura Gao, living in the U.S., has a video chat with her grandmother Zhou Nai, who's happy to have a supply of mooncakes, a popular Chinese dessert.

How 3 Women From Wuhan Cope With COVID-19: Rap, Poetry And Mooncakes

We interview a rap mogul (turned community volunteer), an author focused on a nine-tailed fox and a grandmother with a sense of humor. They're part of our special report on women facing the pandemic.

Elm Hall, a dormitory at the California Institution for Men, appears in this undated photo.

California Reports 1st Prison Inmate Death Caused By Virus

California corrections officials have confirmed the first prison inmate death caused by COVID-19.

A group of students starting online courses meets for orientation at a learning center in Amador County. The county is funding scholarships for residents with a personal tie to mental illness who are interested in working in the mental health field.

Amador County Builds Community College Pipeline For Mental Health Workers

Amador is one of six California counties without a physical community college. It also struggles to recruit mental health providers. A small online learning program could offer a solution to both problems.

Bunk beds line a communal sleep area at a new, temporary shelter for homeless families at Golden Hall in downtown San Diego, April 1, 2019.

San Diego's Fourth 'Bridge' Shelter Set To Open In November

The San Diego City Council on Tuesday approved a contract with Alpha Project to run a fourth temporary homeless shelter at 17th Street and Imperial Avenue in downtown San Diego.

Jean Wyllys, pictured here at an April 2018 rally in Rio de Janeiro, reportedly was Brazil's first congressman to campaign on an LGBT-rights platform.

'I Do Not Want To Be A Martyr': Openly Gay Lawmaker Leaves Brazil

Jean Wyllys, an advocate for LGBT rights and a critic of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, says he was the target of death threats, physical harassment and misinformation spread on social media.

Public health officials worry that the mostly low-income and immigrant populations served by community health centers aren't getting proper health care and testing.

Community Health Centers Struggling As Fewer People Seek Care During Pandemic

Many immigrants and people with low incomes already saw preventive care as a luxury. Now, the coronavirus pandemic has created another barrier to their seeking and receiving health care.

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