Poverty and Class

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Hope, Humanity & Housing: Terminally ill and living on Sacramento streets

Joshua’s House in Sacramento, California is slated to become the first homeless hospice center in the West Coast and one of only a handful in the country.

Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Mental Health, Housing and Homeslessness, Community Safety, Aging
This photo illustration features an adult holding a toy gun. [Jeff Davis/Florida Times-Union]

Where Do Kids Get Guns? Inmates Reveal How Easy It Is

This article and others forthcoming on this topic are being produced as part of a project for the University of Southern California Center for Health Journalism’s National Fellowship, in conjunction with the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.
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Poverty and Class, Community Safety
Treyvonn Chadwick receives monthly apheresis treatments, which help prevent strokes and alleviate severe pain.

Sickle Cell: The Last Health Care Frontier for Black Lives

While the genetic disease received widespread attention during the Civil Rights Movement, researchers and doctors say patients continue to suffer from a lack of adequate treatment.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Healthcare Regulation and Reform
(Photo: Viktor Drachev/AFP/Getty Images)

The hidden social factors driving disparities in childhood cancer survival rates

A new study looking at survival rates of black, Hispanic and white children finds that racial disparities for some cancers can actually be explained by socioeconomic status.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Chronic Disease, Patient Safety and Ethics