Even before the COVID-19 pandemic and a summer of wildfire smoke, children living in East and West Oakland had a hard time breathing.
Healthcare Regulation and Reform
San Francisco health officials are looking at how to improve access, outreach as untapped funds reach $409 million.
A doctor who cares for underserved patients finds her efforts are often rendered useless by systemic barriers to care.
A review of thousands of pages of inspection records, incident reports, complaints and emails shows licensors are reluctant to step in when youth facilities have faced troubling accusations of rampant child abuse.
Indigenous burial traditions were already threatened by economic pressures and changing cultures. Then the pandemic struck.
Nursing home workers like Eyvette Diane Pascascio are among the most vulnerable and arguably most overlooked heroes of this pandemic.
Consolidation is changing heatlh care — and how much it costs — in almost every corner of the country.
Post-election shifts in COVID-19 policies offer reporters a great opportunity for compare-and-contrast stories.
Years of attacks on the ACA leave families in constant fear of losing coverage. The pandemic raises the stakes for millions of people.
Do we want to go back to the days when a woman had to stay in a bad marriage just to have coverage?