Community & Public Health

For Trisha Aguilar, the verbal abuse started before she and her husband celebrated their first anniversary and escalated.

Living in fear: Domestic abuse affecting thousands in SJ, but Stockton well above other cities in number of cases reported

He had called her stupid and dumb. And she made herself believe the belittling and degrading were tolerable — it would pass. Little did she know it would get worse.

Environmental Health, Domestic Violence, Community Safety

“Without flavors like mango or mint, I think most teens would lose interest in vaping and not continue after an initial try,” re

Youth e-cigarette use continues to rise. Will the vaping crisis reverse that trend?

“Without flavors like mango or mint, I think most teens would lose interest in vaping and not continue after an initial try," one researcher said.

Ashley Kinsley heads out from the Third Avenue encampments

Street Medicine Teams Try to Save Lives and Stop the Spread of Disease

This story was produced as part of a larger project led by Gary Walker, a participant in the USC Center for Health Journalism's California Fellowship....

Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Housing and Homeslessness, Chronic Disease

A New York Medical Examiner’s car outside the Metropolitan Correctional Center where financier Jeffrey Epstein was being held wh

Ignore the conspiracy theories and report on the real causes of jail suicides

I first became interested in jail suicides when I was reporting on the state prison in Montana, where I found that murders were quite uncommon inside the prison — but suicides were not.

Environmental Health, Mental Health, Community Safety

Particulate matter or particle pollution is a combination of solid particles and liquid droplets that are small enough to reach

You ask, we answer: What are the health risks of air quality on the Nipomo Mesa?

This story was produced as part of a larger project led by Monica Vaughan, a participant in the 2019 California Fellowship....

Environmental Health, Aging

How data on child neglect helped me show how Indiana is ‘punishing poverty’

The initial statistics shocked me. It turns out, I hadn’t seen anything yet.

Environmental Health, Poverty and Class, Mental Health

Farmworkers tend to the Girard vineyard on Highway 29.

Farmworkers, the backbone of Napa Valley's economy, face health challenges

This story was produced as part of a larger project led by Courtney Teague, a participant in the 2019 California Fellowship....

Poverty and Class, Health Insurance and Costs, Community Safety, Patient Safety and Ethics

Wanda Shafer greets a friend at the Klamath Senior Center in June.

'That's Just What We Learned': Klamath Residents Share How They Help Each Other In A Remote Community

This story was produced as part of a larger project led by Jessica Cejnar, a participant in the USC Center for Health Journalism's 2019 California Fellowship....

Environmental Health, Food and Nutrition

A local fishermen uses a gill net on the Klamath River in this 1978 photo.

Of Floods and Fish: How Natural Forces and Cultural Conflict Shaped Klamath's Foodscape

This story was produced as part of a larger project for the 2019 California Fellowship, a program of USC Annenberg's Center for Health Journalism....

Environmental Health, Food and Nutrition

On their own: How Pennsylvania failed to protect boys from abuse at Glen Mills and other state-licensed juvenile programs

How Pennsylvania failed to protect boys from abuse at Glen Mills and other state-licensed juvenile programs.

Environmental Health, Mental Health

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Community & Public Health

Living in fear: Domestic abuse affecting thousands in SJ, but Stockton well above other cities in number of cases reported

Youth e-cigarette use continues to rise. Will the vaping crisis reverse that trend?

Street Medicine Teams Try to Save Lives and Stop the Spread of Disease

Ignore the conspiracy theories and report on the real causes of jail suicides

You ask, we answer: What are the health risks of air quality on the Nipomo Mesa?

How data on child neglect helped me show how Indiana is ‘punishing poverty’

Farmworkers, the backbone of Napa Valley's economy, face health challenges

'That's Just What We Learned': Klamath Residents Share How They Help Each Other In A Remote Community

Of Floods and Fish: How Natural Forces and Cultural Conflict Shaped Klamath's Foodscape

On their own: How Pennsylvania failed to protect boys from abuse at Glen Mills and other state-licensed juvenile programs