From Cambodia to California: Survivors of the Khmer Rouge genocide need access to mental health care
Treating their trauma is complex: Language and cultural barriers make it hard for many to access mental health care.
Environmental Health
An investigation by KJZZ and the Arizona Daily Star found that physical and sexual abuse, as well as neglect, can occur anywhere — and often, nothing is done about it.
There are few staff to monitor Nebraska’s vast swaths of farmland, thousands of cattle feedlots, large hog operations and chicken farms. And the agencies’ own regulations don’t give the staff many tools to combat malpractice.
Recent studies have found that areas with elevated nitrate levels also have elevated levels of lymphoma, leukemia and brain cancers in children.
A childhood in Soviet Ukraine, a toxic military site, the former Mount Avisadero— multitude of histories in work of 300 artists
Nebraska’s nitrate problem is growing worse. It’s likely harming our kids.
A judge has ordered an independent inspection of the Sunset Village apartments just outside Cleveland, Miss., to ensure no threat of gas or carbon monoxide poisoning remains after two people died there in August.
Residents living near the former battery recycling plant in have long complained about issues with the cleanup, and now employees of the contractors responsible for the cleanup are speaking out too.
This story was produced with support from the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s California Impact Fund.
Links between environmental exposures and maternal health outcomes remain underexplored, despite recent efforts to catch up.