Pregnant women afflicted with COVID-19 face potentially terrifying ordeals, especially when the pregnancy is already high-risk.
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This story was produced by Rubén Tapia with support from USC Center for Health Journalism's 2020 Impact Fund. His reporting looks at how delays in the cleanup of neighborhoods contaminated by emissions from the now-shuttered Exide battery recycling plant in LA is affecting the health of residents.
A Florida sheriff created a futuristic program to stop crime before it happens. It monitors and harasses families across the county.
This story was produced as a joint project led by Nathan O'Neal and Colton Shone, participants in the 2020 National Fellowship, a program of USC Annenberg's Center for Health Journalism.
“In a weird and dark way, it’s a good time to be a health reporter," one freelancer said.
A focus on these three key areas could go a long way toward achieving health equity.
Paris Hilton is speaking out publicly about what she says was abuse she endured while at a “troubled teen” facility in Utah in the 1990s.
Children haven’t been spared from the racism that Asian Americans have faced since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
Like thousands of parents across California and beyond who are caring for children with physical, behavioral and developmental conditions, the Ansaris rely on a small army of teachers, therapists, nurses and other caregivers to get through the week.
“It's overwhelming,” one diaper bank director said. “We're trying to do the best we can.”