This project is funded by a USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism grant.
Community & Public Health
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.
This story was produced as part of a project for the Dennis A. Hunt Fund for Health Journalism, a program of the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism.
The tide of ER visits rose in Southern California after Obamacare became law, growing about 27 percent from 2010 to 2016.
A new study looking at survival rates of black, Hispanic and white children finds that racial disparities for some cancers can actually be explained by socioeconomic status.
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