Asthmatic children who lived in neighborhoods with the most housing code violations were nearly twice as likely to return to the emergency department or hospital in 12 or fewer months.
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The Journal Sentinel gathered information from doctors, asthma organizations and housing advocates to create a guide for managing children's asthma.
The nation’s top infectious disease specialist massive impact on America’s public policy stretches back over four decades and seven presidents.
The $739 billion Inflation Reduction Act signed into law this month includes $1.5 billion for urban forestry, a massive investment intended to make cities more green and more resilient to increasing heat due to climate change.
A generation ago, the state's legislature set alcohol taxes at a few pennies per drink and hasn’t changed them since.
The more people are exposed to poor air quality on the Mesa, the sicker they become over time — dealing with allergy symptoms, breathing issues and, for some, even lung disease.
This story is part of a larger series called Diagnosis Diabetes, made possible with a grant from the USC Center for Health Journalism's 2022 Impact Fund for Reporting on Health Equity and Health Systems....
Employees within the Richmond County School System tell the I-TEAM say it's chaos behind the scenes when it comes to enrolling homeless and vulnerable students missing permanent addresses and transportation to school.
Air pollution from blowing dust on the Nipomo Mesa is hitting people of color and low-income folks especially hard.
The I-TEAM uncovered more than 11,000 students were chronically absent from schools across Augusta since the start of the pandemic.