Eli Cahan

Eli Cahan is an investigative journalist whose written work has been featured in The Washington Post, LA Times, Rolling Stone, USA Today, The Guardian, VICE, STAT News, Kaiser Health News, and Science, among other publications. His multimedia work has appeared on TV via ABC News and radio via NPR. Eli’s reporting has won awards from the National Press Club, the News Leaders Association, the Association of Health Care Journalists, the Los Angeles Press Club, and elsewhere. His academic research has been featured in NEJM, JAMA, BMJ, Health Affairs, and elsewhere. Eli is a graduate of Stanford University, NYU School of Medicine, and the University of Michigan. He is also a pediatrician at UCSF.

Articles

Spontaneity helped me link COVID to decades of environmental injustice in Navajo communities

How misadventures and the laughs than ensued helped one journalist build rapport and deepen his reporting on Navajo lands.

A sign with a skull and crossbones that translates as ‘No uranium’ in the Diné language warns visitors near the Church Rock mini

Health Equity & Social Justice

Children & Families

Healthcare Systems & Policy

Community & Public Health

‘We’re Losing Our People’

COVID-19 ravaged Indigenous tribes in New Mexico. State and federal data reveal how a long legacy of uranium exposure may have made them uniquely vulnerable.

Race and Equity

Poverty and Class

Healthcare Regulation and Reform

Chronic Disease

Children & Families

Healthcare Systems & Policy

Under decades-old Hyde Amendment, millions of Americans already live in a 'post-Roe' world

People whose maternal care depends on federal dollars can’t get abortions under the Hyde Amendment. What will the end of Roe hold for them?

Women's and Maternal Health

Health Insurance and Costs

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Untangling how past met present in Indigenous communities during COVID-19

The health care system in Navajo territory received less attention during COVID than other factors. A new investigation will take a fresh look at the breakdowns.

Vascular surgeon Sammy Siada prepares for an amputation procedure.

Persistence and community champions open doors for series on COVID-era amputations

How one reporter perservered to find the right people for bringing an overlooked story of the pandemic era to life.

Healthcare Systems & Policy

Mental Health & Trauma

Amputees Lost in the COVID-19 Shuffle

“The treatment of amputees is in the dark ages, and COVID only made the dark ages darker,” said Dr. Demetrios Macris, a vascular surgeon in San Antonio, Texas.

Health Insurance and Costs

Healthcare Regulation and Reform

Mental Health