Community & Public Health

Dennis Hutson, who farms 60 acres in Allensworth, is one of many small farmers who worry they won’t be able to afford alternativ

‘What am I going to do?’ Small growers especially apprehensive of a future without burning

Even with $220 million in financial incentives, growers are wondering how they’ll afford whole orchard recycling in the long term – especially small farmers, who have fewer resources to begin with.

Environmental Health, Chronic Disease

Regulators promote chipping or grinding agricultural debris like branches and whole trees using heavy equipment as the primary a

As air regulators phase out ag burning, what’s the alternative?

In their new plan to ban agricultural burning, air regulators are using outreach and financial incentives to convince growers to adopt an alternative known as whole orchard recycling.

Environmental Health, Chronic Disease

Many Pacific Islander Patients Have To Move To Get Life-Saving Access To Dialysis

One in five Indigenous Chamorros in the Northern Mariana Islands has diabetes, and the demand for dialysis is growing. But the only dialysis centers are on the capital island of Saipan.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Health Insurance and Costs, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Chronic Disease, Patient Safety and Ethics

Laketa Watts, left, director of Essentially Empowered, a community organization, and Sherri Sherri Ohly, director of the Envisio

Cities are trying to address the staggering impact of asthma. The problem: Our healthcare system isn't set up to address underlying triggers

Community health workers are often funded with short-term grants, which can deter people from the profession and lead to shortages.

Poverty and Class, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Chronic Disease

Shocking news of downtown hospital closure turns to dread

The loss of an emergency room worries nearby hospital officials but Wellstar Health System cites too many losses to continue at Atlanta Medical Center.

Health Insurance and Costs

Students at Starms Discovery Learning Center in Milwaukee head out for recess on Aug. 16, 2022. Asthma is the most common diseas

With more tools than ever, expanded Wisconsin asthma program could dramatically reduce ER visits, overall costs

Talis Shelbourne reported this project on the intersection of asthma, housing and health systems with the support of a grant from USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism's 2022 Impact Fund for Reporting on Health Equity and Health Systems. ...

Poverty and Class, Health Insurance and Costs, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Chronic Disease

Ted C Wills Community Center is one of the four cooling centers in Fresno that is activated once temperatures are forecast to re

Fresno’s unsheltered suffering in relentless heat. “There’s times you can’t even breathe.”

Transportation and information barriers make cooling centers difficult to access for many people living on the streets or in cars.

Race and Equity, Housing and Homeslessness

A sign with a skull and crossbones that translates as ‘No uranium’ in the Diné language warns visitors near the Church Rock mini

‘We’re Losing Our People’

COVID-19 ravaged Indigenous tribes in New Mexico. State and federal data reveal how a long legacy of uranium exposure may have made them uniquely vulnerable.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Chronic Disease

Blanca Gómez está sentada en el interior de su casa móvil en Cantua Creek, una comunidad no incorporada en el Condado Fresno, el

Muchos residentes del Condado de Fresno no tienen acceso a los centros de enfriamiento

This series was reported as a project for the 2022 California Fellowship. This summer, with funding from the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism, Fresnoland is taking a deeper dive into the toll heat takes on health. ...

Environmental Health, Healthcare Regulation and Reform

Starms Discovery Learning Center school nurse Ashley Capodarco exams student Major Wilson, 9, in her office. Asthma is the most

Asthma afflicts 6 million children, many of whom grow up in poor neighborhoods. Most frustrating: It can be controlled.

Ma’Siah’s asthma was uncontrolled. And when his mother watched him, her feelings went from joy to helplessness.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Chronic Disease

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Community & Public Health

‘What am I going to do?’ Small growers especially apprehensive of a future without burning

As air regulators phase out ag burning, what’s the alternative?

Many Pacific Islander Patients Have To Move To Get Life-Saving Access To Dialysis

Cities are trying to address the staggering impact of asthma. The problem: Our healthcare system isn't set up to address underlying triggers

Shocking news of downtown hospital closure turns to dread

With more tools than ever, expanded Wisconsin asthma program could dramatically reduce ER visits, overall costs

Fresno’s unsheltered suffering in relentless heat. “There’s times you can’t even breathe.”

‘We’re Losing Our People’

Muchos residentes del Condado de Fresno no tienen acceso a los centros de enfriamiento

Asthma afflicts 6 million children, many of whom grow up in poor neighborhoods. Most frustrating: It can be controlled.