Shalina Chatlani
Health Care Reporter, Gulf States NewsroomShalina Chatlani is the health care reporter for the Gulf States Newsroom, a collaboration between NPR, WWNO in New Orleans, WBHM in Birmingham, Alabama and MPB-Mississippi Public Broadcasting in Jackson.
Shalina is based out of WWNO in New Orleans and covers health care access and inequity. Before that she was a science reporter for KPBS in San Diego and the Emerging Voices Fellow at WPLN in Nashville. Some of her reporting has looked at racial disparities in the coronavirus vaccine rollout and how the financial stress of the coronavirus pandemic is affecting communities of color in San Diego.
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COVID-19 hospitalizations are now twice as high in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama as they were two weeks ago, contributing to now record hospitalization numbers nationwide.
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More people are recognizing the need to take care of their mental health amid the pandemic. One sign of this: calls to help hotlines have skyrocketed.
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The city will expand its mandate in 2022 to include children 5 and older. The city health director said “there was no good scientific or educational reason to wait.”
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Hosting a family gathering for Thanksgiving but worried about COVID transmission? Health officials offer these tips for a happy, safe holiday.
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A new analysis from research foundation The Commonwealth Fund shows that health care access and outcomes are poor for people of color across the nation, and even worse in Gulf South states.
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Sleepovers, playground visits and feeling safe at school are just a few of the things young New Orleans children are ready to experience again after getting their first COVID vaccine now that the shot has been approved for 5-11 year olds.
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Data acquired from health departments across the Gulf South show that among 12 to 17 year olds, Black teenagers are getting vaccinated at roughly one and a half times the rate of white teenagers.
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For the people of LaPlace, La. the destruction of Hurricane Ida was on another level. And that has some residents considering moving away before the next one.
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Kids between the ages of 5-11 years old might be able to get vaccinated in the near future. Here’s why it would be a game changer for the Gulf States, and how they’re preparing for the shot’s rollout.