Community & Public Health

This story was produced as a project for the 2018 California Fellowship, a program of the Center for Health Journalism at USC Annenberg. ...

This story was produced as a project for the 2018 California Fellowship, a program of the Center for Health Journalism at USC Annenberg.

Although hospitals in the Valley have preventive measures in place, some are finding that it’s not until an incident happens that a facility knows what more to improve.

Among the key takeaways: "Establish your credibility early and often with all of your potential sources."

This project is funded by a USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism grant.

An investigation into a Sacramento gun range ultimately spurred new legislation to better protect workers from lead poisoning.

In the latest installment of KVPR's series Part Of The Job, a look at how health care educators have been trying to change that culture of harassment and violence before their students reach the workforce.

“The best policy we can pursue is try to reduce access to firearms among people who are suicidal," one researcher says.

This article was produced as a project for the 2017 California Data Fellowship, a program of the USC Center for Health Journalism. 

Emotional neglect, physical abuse, divorce, a household riven by addiction — science shows that traumas like these in childhood cause poorer health later in life, both mentally and physically.