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Direct Relief emergency response staff meet with Mikki Hand, executive director of Frontera Healthcare, in the aftermath of the July Texas floods to discuss healthcare needs on the ground. (Shannon Hickerson/Direct Relief) In the first weeks after floods tore through central Texas, killing at least 138 people and damaging thousands of homes, people kept their …

A health provider at David Raines Health Center provides care for a young patient at the school-based facility. (Image by David Raines Health Center) School isn’t just a place for students to learn; it’s increasingly become a place young people rely on for critical services, including healthcare. That’s the case for over 7,000 students in …

AltaMed staff work at the Pasadena Convention Center to provide medical care to evacuees in Jan. 2025 during the Eaton Fire. The organization continues to serve patients even as it works to rebuild a destroyed health facility and meet increased demand. Funding from Direct Relief is supporting this recovery phase for the health center that …

As Community Health Centers (CHCs) mark 60 years of service, it’s time to reflect not on just their legacy, but their future. These frontline institutions have become lifelines for 1 in 10 nationwide. Nearly 1,500 CHCs operate in over 16,000 urban and rural communities, serving 32.5 million people, including Medicaid beneficiaries, veterans, older adults, and …

When local pharmacies closed during the pandemic, Sawtooth Mountain Clinic opened a nonprofit pharmacy for patients. (Courtesy photo) The clinics Keith Harvey oversees cover 8,500 square miles in northern Minnesota – and serve about 14,000 patients. “Our clinics are very remote,” explained Harvey, CEO of Scenic Rivers Health Services, whose six locations serve the area’s …

Dr. Jim Hotz and Dr. Sheena Favors-Williams at the Tribeca Festival in New York. (Photo Credit: Toni-Ann Langella Photography) At this year’s prestigious Tribeca Festival in New York, a powerful new short documentary titled Doc Albany made its world premiere. Directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Ben Proudfoot, the film is the third installment in a series …

Raed Ahmed measures out medication at the Saban Community Clinic in LA. (Noah Smith/Direct Relief) The loss of Community Health Center, or CHC, sites in the United States is associated with a significant increase in county-level mortality, particularly in underserved areas, according to a new national study. The peer-reviewed study, which was published in April 2025 …

Annie Vu, Direct Relief’s Associate Director of U.S. Emergency Response, surveys the destroyed Micaville Health Center in western North Carolina in October 2024. Health center staff say the clinic, run by Mountain Community Health Partnership, will be rebuilt and a $200,000 grant from Direct Relief is supporting those efforts. (Photo by David Uttley for Direct …

Residents of London, Kentucky, dig through debris of roofless houses, some without walls, as they inspect the damage left by a tornado that killed at least 18 in the state. (Photo by Allison Joyce/AFP) A powerful storm system swept through the central United States on May 15–16, 2025, unleashing at least 22 tornadoes across multiple …

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