Healthcare Regulation and Reform

Wellmont Health System closed its hospital in Lee County in 2013. This week, the Lee County Hospital Authority said it will part

Lee County picks Ballad to reopen its hospital

This story was reported with the support of the Dennis A. Hunt Fund for Health Journalism, a program of the University of Southern California Center for Health Journalism.

Environmental Health, Poverty and Class, Health Insurance and Costs, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Patient Safety and Ethics
Travis Litts walks past an abandoned business along East Ridge Street in Lansford. He is one of Pennsylvania's many rural reside

No car, no care in Coal Country

Binghui Huang wrote this series as a project of the National Health Journalism Fellowship, a program of the University of Southern California's Annenberg School of Journalism.

Environmental Health, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Mental Health
The steeple of the now closed St. Katharine Drexel Roman Catholic Church stands out in front of the skyline of Lansford as you e

Sick and struggling in Coal Country

Binghui Huang wrote this series as a project of the National Health Journalism Fellowship, a program of the University of Southern California's Annenberg School of Journalism.

Environmental Health, Poverty and Class, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Mental Health, Community Safety
Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette

Pittsburgh's neighborhood boosters face changing landscape

This story was produced as part of a larger project led by Rich Lord, a participant in the USC Center for Health Journalism's 2018 Data Fellowship.

Environmental Health, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Housing and Homeslessness
Trauma’s Tragedy and Treatment: Start upstream

Trauma’s Tragedy and Treatment: Start upstream

Correspondent Michael Hill reported this story with the support of the Dennis A. Hunt Fund for Health Journalism, a program of the University of Southern California Center for Health Journalism.

Environmental Health, Mental Health, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Community Safety
Trauma survivor and mother Finesse Graves said a visit to her family’s apartment by officials from Rocketship Rise, her daughter

A Marshall Plan for Trauma

DC education and health advocates, parents, students and others argue that something like a Marshall Plan is needed to deal with a crisis in childhood trauma.

Mental Health, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Domestic Violence, Community Safety
Ashanti Jones

Trauma’s Tragedy and Treatment: So much to unpack

Correspondent Michael Hill reported this story with the support of the Dennis A. Hunt Fund for Health Journalism, a program of the University of Southern California Center for Health Journalism.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Mental Health, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Community Safety
The Lee County Regional Medical Center in Pennington Gap was closed by Wellmont Health System in 2013. The hospital authority in

Med Beat: How Virginia defines essential health services

This story was reported with the support of the Dennis A. Hunt Fund for Health Journalism, a program of the University of Southern California Center for Health Journalism.

Environmental Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Community Safety, Patient Safety and Ethics