Community & Public Health

Imagine taking your kids on a trolley to visit the neighborhood park. Now, picture an electric transit system that’s fast and cheap and can take you to work right from your doorstep. What if Fresno could do all that, and reduce the local rate of childhood asthma?

Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Chronic Disease

Emily DeRuy reported this story while participating in the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2021 California Fellowship.
Other work by her includes:
COVID forced Bay Area families to make agonizing elder-care decisions. Is there a fix?
Getting older doesn’t have to be scary. Things to con

Health Insurance and Costs, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Patient Safety and Ethics, Aging

The number of patients with “unsalvageable” disease has ticked up. So too has the rate of amputations.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Patient Safety and Ethics