Amid ICE raids and dire Medicaid cuts, an LA safety net system fights to care for some of the city's most vulnerable residents.
Healthcare Systems & Policy
Suzette Brewer of the Cherokee Nation examines the widespread sterilization of Indigenous people and their centuries-long fight for reproductive freedom.
Illinois prisons were ordered to improve health care for inmates. They've spent seven years failing.
Even though the Illinois Department of Corrections has been under a consent decree since 2019, the state continues to fail to provide adequate medical and dental care to incarcerated people, according to reports from an independent court monitor, legal experts and people held in Illinois prisons.
Experts say autism is largely genetic and shaped by gene–environment interactions in utero, rejecting RFK Jr.’s vaccine claims and single-cause theory.
In Bakersfield, Clinica Sierra Vista serves as a lifeline for thousands navigating Medi-Cal cuts, immigration fears, and a healthcare system that has left undocumented Californians locked out.
A Fresno vendor and breast cancer survivor faces doubled health insurance premiums after federal ACA subsidies expired, showing the human cost of the policy change across California's Central Valley
Breast cancer among AAPI women under 50 surged 52% since 2000. Immigration, westernization, and cultural barriers to screening put Indian American women at hidden risk—but disaggregated data is scarce.
Advocates say boosting insurance pay would help expand programs for vulnerable pregnant people.
While Black gay and bisexual men experience higher rates of HIV, PrEP remains less accessible to many in this community.
There’s growing evidence that medicine risks losing talent from poor and working-class, Black and Latino communities. Ultimately, patient care will suffer as a result.