Early trauma affects our psychological and physical health and nearly half the children in the U.S. under 18 have experienced trauma. Research continues to help us learn more about the impact of childhood neglect and abuse. In fact, when a child experiences a traumatic event, the consequences can last a lifetime. Childhood trauma can create poor health outcomes later in life.
It’s hard to imagine Inglewood an area The Times named as one of the “last black enclaves” in Los Angeles, and the site of Sunday's Super Bowl as Klanland, but that’s what it was.
California's top physician and the state's first surgeon general has resigned, saying Wednesday that she is "prioritizing care for myself and my family."
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When Dr. Nadine Burke Harris received her COVID-19 vaccine in Oakland last month, she internally rejoiced.
As California’s surgeon general, the state’s top physician, she was glad to get the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to show others it was safe. But one of the most critical parts of the pandemic’s vaccine rollout reassuring Black and brown communities that the vaccines available are safe is an ongoing task.
“I think that I myself probably didn’t realize how . just that level of tension that I was holding, you know, around it,” Burke Harris said in a recent interview. “The fear of exposure, the fear of getting sick, it wasn’t even conscious for me. It was that awareness, that idea of being protected. . I would, of course, want everyone to feel that feeling.”