Community & Public Health

The Courier Journal has received support from the University of Southern California's Center for Health Journalism to embark on a project about food insecurity in Louisville, with the goal of presenting solutions that fit our community.

Harm reduction seeks not to shame people who use drugs into giving them up, but simply to provide them with the tools and support to improve their health.

She is ‘still defending that vote’ to repeal the health law, says her Democratic rival for Congress.

"What I heard, over and over again, were stories of physical violence in juvenile residential programs."

A new reporting project will examine child abuse deaths and near-deaths over a five-year span to gain a better understanding of how poverty contributes to child abuse across Alabama.

The Central Valley's Kern County reported a 30 percent rise in overdose deaths from 2016 to 2017, bucking the statewide decline in fatal overdoses.

Molly is one of the recipients of the 2018 Impact Fund, a program of USC Annenberg's Center for Health Journalism.

Taxes on recreational marijuana "won't be a panacea," one First 5 official said, but advocates still hope they'll be directed toward early intervention and education.

How many deaths and needless suffering could be prevented if county jails had better health care systems?

Molly is one of the recipients of the 2018 Impact Fund, a program of USC Annenberg's Center for Health Journalism.