The legislature approved provisions requiring parents be notified before their child is sent for an involuntary psychiatric exam.
Community & Public Health
President Biden signs a hate crime law to stem violence against Asian Americans. Now state legislators must act to end rampant discrimination and protect health and safety.
In the third part of the series, Angela Chen explains the efforts taken so far to save the Salton Sea, and concerns they have fallen short.
Ohio is running a $1 million lottery to spur folks to get vaccinated. West Virginia is giving young people $100; Krispy Crème is touting free donuts; and restaurants in New Orleans are offering “Shots for Shots.” As vaccine supply overtake demand, states, local governments, schools and employers ar
Angela Chen examines the health and environmental risks linked to the decline of the Salton Sea.
When reporting on trauma and death, strategies for coping become essential.
The latest in a series investigating the challenges and systemic gaps that cause parents to abandon their children to state custody in Georgia.
This story is part of a larger story led by Dana Ullman, a 2021 California Fellow who is reporting on disparities in the quality and access to health care for Latino and Indigenous peoples in Mendocino County. ...
This story was produced by Janine Zeitlin, a participant in the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism's 2020 Data Fellowship.
This story is part of a larger project series, "Voices from the Vineyard," led by Sarah Klearman, a 2021 Impact Fund grant recipient. She is reporting on how the twin crises of the pandemic and the wildfires have impacted the health of the valley’s farmworkers and their families....