A reporter traces how gender exploratory therapy entered policy, navigating source resistance, reframing the story through policy experts, archives, and community engagement.
Healthcare Regulation and Reform
A series on EMS services in rural Missouri relied on newsroom collaboration, time management, and repurposed reporting to cover systemic challenges and solutions.
A "handshake agreement" in the '90s established a unique partnership between two health systems that has grown to support emergency medical services in the Ozarks.
Rural Virginia hospitals and clinics face Medicaid cuts that threaten care access. Patients, providers, and free clinics are bracing as funding losses ripple statewide.
An investigation examines “gender exploratory therapy,” tracing its origins and how it’s used to undermine gender-affirming care amid renewed federal attacks on trans rights.
Law enforcement and public health experts worry that potential cuts to resources that save lives and stop the flow of drugs into the state could raise overdose deaths
Radon, the second-leading cause of lung cancer, affects an estimated 50% of Ohio homes. The state lacks testing mandates despite known health risks and widespread contamination across all 88 counties.
Rural communities face longer EMS response times, making community first-aid knowledge critical.
Ohio faces a radon crisis with Newark having the nation's highest concentrations. Despite decades of knowledge, the state lacks mandatory testing, funding for mitigation, and radon education in medical schools.
The system for identifying and following chronic hepatitis B cases is fragmented and underfunded.