Community & Public Health

In the shadows of Florida’s Legislature, children struggle in the state’s poorest ZIP code

Two children are born in Tallahassee: one lives in the ZIP code 32304, the other in 32312. They only live 24 miles apart, yet their experiences growing up are as if they were born in separate countries.

Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Mental Health

Virginia’s social services system lacks accountability and puts children at risk

Parents who have had their children removed, employees who are treated unfairly or relatives who have been unable to gain custody of their family members are left behind in a system with no oversight.

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

Gov. Tom Wolf orders state overhaul after abuses at Glen Mills Schools

Citing revelations of violence against children at the Glen Mills Schools, Gov. Tom Wolf on Wednesday ordered the state to overhaul its oversight of Pennsylvania’s juvenile residential programs.

Environmental Health, Mental Health

Navajo Generating Station is a coal-fired powerplant with a power of 2280 megawatts located on the Navajo Indian Reservation

Can new program tackle the problem of asthma on Native American reservations?

In the void of failed government programs, health workers are trying new ways to tackle high rates of asthma on Native American reservations.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Mental Health, Chronic Disease, Food and Nutrition

Will newly insured undocumented Californians be able to find care in San Bernardino's safety-net clinics?

Over 100,000 undocumented immigrants in Calif.'s San Bernardino County alone are eligible for Medicaid benefits. But does that mean they'll be able to find quality care in the county's safety net?

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Immigrant and Migrant Health, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Health Insurance and Costs, Chronic Disease

In Philadelphia, black children are disproportionately suffering from diabetes

In Philadelphia, the number of black children under age 5 diagnosed with type 1 diabetes has shot up 220% since the mid-1980s — and no one knows why.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Mental Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Chronic Disease, Food and Nutrition

A client receives his dose of methadone from a dispensing nurse at C.O.R.E. Medical Clinic in Sacramento, California, on March.

There's a Gold-Standard Treatment for Opioid Addiction, One of America's Top Killers. What Keeps Treatment Centers From Using It?

This story was produced as a project for the 2018 Data Fellowship.

Environmental Health, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Mental Health, Patient Safety and Ethics

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Community & Public Health

In the shadows of Florida’s Legislature, children struggle in the state’s poorest ZIP code

Virginia’s social services system lacks accountability and puts children at risk

Gov. Tom Wolf orders state overhaul after abuses at Glen Mills Schools

Can new program tackle the problem of asthma on Native American reservations?

Will newly insured undocumented Californians be able to find care in San Bernardino's safety-net clinics?

In Philadelphia, black children are disproportionately suffering from diabetes

There's a Gold-Standard Treatment for Opioid Addiction, One of America's Top Killers. What Keeps Treatment Centers From Using It?

In Florida, water is everywhere — but how safe is it?

We’re failing at vaccinating kids against HPV — and that could cost lives

Los Angeles County: World’s largest jail system getting a health care overhaul