This special edition of “Inside the Issues” features conversations about health.

Rep. Raul Ruiz, D-Palm Desert, who is also a doctor, shares concerns about COVID-19 funding.

Dr. Merrill Shum, senior medical director of the Oncology Institute, explains the dangers of wildfire smoke in the lungs.

CalMatters reporter Joceyn Wiener discusses California’s shortage of mental health workers.

Hiren Patel, the Los Angeles chapter president of The Huntington’s Disease Society of America, describes the impact of the disease.

Plus, Dr. Doris Molina-Henry, from USC’s Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute, talks about the risk Latinos have of developing Alzheimer’s.