When it comes to public health and environmental justice, we have yet to understand what causes a disproportionate number of asthma diagnoses and severe symptoms among Memphis children.
Healthcare Regulation and Reform
Has San Francisco's pre-Obamacare safety net plan been superseded by history?
Research shows that as hospitals fall under fewer ownership umbrellas, prices can rise — and at significantly higher rates than their more modestly sized competitors.
Darryl Lester was at his mom’s place in Tacoma, Washington, when a letter he’d been waiting for arrived in the mail. At 40, he was destitute, in pain and out of work.
There's an urgent need for better media stories that sort through the proposals and give basic descriptions of what the major plans to lower prices would do.
How an agency charged with protecting public health gave talking points to the lead-battery industry.
Nearly one out of every five kidneys donated in the United States ends up in the trash. At the same time, approximately 5,000 people die every year while waiting for a kidney.
This story was produced as part of a larger project led by Gary Walker, a participant in the USC Center for Health Journalism's California Fellowship....
This story was produced as part of a larger project led by Gary Walker, a participant in the USC Center for Health Journalism's California Fellowship....
Health officials took eight days to send letters to parents of children possibly contaminated by lead. And not everyone received a letter.