Patient Safety and Ethics

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

CNN reporter Neha Shastry set out to cover the complexities and nuances of America's abortion debate. She ran into roadblocks, reluctant editors and lots of contested facts.

Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Women's and Maternal Health, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Community Safety, Patient Safety and Ethics

For the past six months Luanne Rife has been spending time in Virginia’s coalfields learning about why people living along Virginia’s western border are among the least healthy in the nation.

Environmental Health, Poverty and Class, Community Safety, Patient Safety and Ethics

It wasn’t yet Christmas morning, but it may as well have been for Cindy Barrientes and her children. More than 10 people stood outside, bearing dozens of presents, new mattresses, household supplies and food for their family.

Environmental Health, Poverty and Class, Community Safety, Patient Safety and Ethics

There’s strong evidence that palliative care can improve the quality of life for terminal and chronically ill patients, while reducing emergency room visits and hospitalizations by as much as half.

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

Hope, Humanity & Housing is a series that follows people living on the streets of Sacramento County. Their stories aim to put a face on a complex condition with many stigmas: homelessness.

Environmental Health, Housing and Homeslessness, Patient Safety and Ethics