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The effort to enroll people in Mississippi illustrates the obstacles the health law must overcome in many parts of the country, particularly in deeply conservative areas.
Even for those who know they want a better life for themselves, escaping from gang life can be extremely challenging. It's hard not to get sucked back in — or worse. Reporter Sahra Sulaiman shares stories of young lives struggling to survive some of L.A.'s roughest neighborhoods.
The number of licensed abortion providers in Texas is shrinking, and new rules set to take effect this September will likely bring the number of such facilities down to six. A recent Texas Tribune report maps the changing landscape.
Contrary to the myth of lean cuisine, chicken flesh contains more fat than ever before — at least 15 percent more than in the 1960s.
A Mexican-American woman decided to convert her house into a health insurance registration center. Could this be a model strategy to sign up more Latinos?
En la tercera parte de la serie “Vivir bajo las sombras”, conocemos cuánto cuesta y quién paga los gastos de arrestar y recluir a los inmigrantes.
Jason Kane is a 2013 National Health Journalism Fellow and Dennis Hunt Fund for Health Journalism grantee. Another portion of this project can be found here:
Private alternative to Medicaid expansion faces crucial vote in Arkansas
Many home visiting projects throughout the nation received a big financial boost under the Affordable Care Act to bring basic preventative services, including healthy eating, directly to low-income families.
Proponents of the new abortion regulations in Texas say they improve safety standards to protect women's health at facilities that perform abortions. Abortion rights advocates argue that they've endangered women's safety and imposed on their constitutional right to an abortion.
