Dana Ullman is reporting on health-related stories for The Mendocino Voice with support from the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism. This article was produced as a series for the 2021 Center for Health Journalism California Fellowship....
Children & Families
It’s shocking: Preschoolers are three times more likely to be expelled than children in elementary, middle and high school, according to figures from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Boys are four times more likely than girls to be kicked out, and African American children are twi
The fourth and last in a series of articles on the impact of Alzheimer’s disease on the Black community in Los Angeles.
Communication and cultural barriers speed spread of the virus in one Central California community.
Stories of three families weighing fact against fiction as they see it and deciding what is best for them.
A reporter pivots between experts and data to try to understand why still so little is known about premature births.
Church leaders spearhead efforts to protect South Sacramento's African American residents.
Ever-harsher restrictions in Texas force more women to seek care out of state.
Aducanumab is the first new drug approved to treat Alzheimer’s disease in nearly 20 years. But some in the medical community were stunned by the approval.
This story was written by SweSwe Aye while participating in the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism's 2021 California Fellowship.