This story was produced as a project for the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism's National Fellowship.
Healthcare Systems & Policy
California reimburses providers based on what families can pay, rather than what it costs to provide care. To bridge the gap, providers serving the state’s neediest children must get by on low pay
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Students learn how bullying impacts one another and create their own plans to help.
The state is supposed to help families afford child care. But few qualify for help, and most of those who do are not being served.
The state has been progressive on the issue, becoming the third state to end the “tampon tax” in 2016, and introducing and implementing several bills into law in 2021 and 2022.
Generations of corn growing, feedlot runoff and unwitting nitrogen overuse has left a sobering legacy buried in the Nebraska soil.
A form of addiction treatment called SMART Recovery uses cognitive behavioral therapy and positive thinking to help people beat their drug habit.
Like so many other American cities, since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Woonsocket, Rhode Island has a growing population of unhoused residents.
Also, U.S. returns to pre-pandemic immigration policies, and free tests by mail has been relaunched.