After records requests were denied, a reporter used lawsuits and monitor reports to expose severe understaffing and failures in Illinois' prison health care — despite a court-ordered consent decree.

Han Sung-hyun / 63, Korean resident at a homeless shelter “I was told I was terminally ill. They said I had three months to ...

As Sacramento grows, the city struggles to house all its people. Rising average monthly rent often exceeds what residents can pay. Black people are often more susceptible to housing instability.

As 16-year-old Lily Martinez was heading home from her job at the local hospital this summer, her mother called urgently and told her not to come home, instructing her to go to a friend’s house ...

Insurance denials hit many Americans, but marginalized and sicker patients suffer most because appeals are complex, delaying care and widening health inequities.

CROW RESERVATION — When doctors in Billings told Ursula Rides Horse-Russell she had Stage 2 breast cancer, her mind went blank. She had buried her 34-year-old son two days earlier. She couldn’t ...

At his day job, Harpreet Singh Pannu is a physician specializing in internal medicine at Kaiser Permanente facilities in San Jose and Santa Clara. But on Sundays, at his sangat (congregation), Pannu ...

Witnessing abuse carries the same risk of harm to children's mental health and learning as if the children had been abused directly, new research shows. SAVANNAH, Ga. – Latrelle Huff says her twins ...

Most parents raise their children in what they believe is the best possible way, hoping to provide them with a better upbringing than the one they had. Yet, oftentimes, parents’ earnest efforts to ...

Out of 4,228 students who attend Del Norte County public schools, 69 percent are eligible for free and reduced meals. This is a 2 percent increase from the 2017-18 school year, according to Deborah ...

When Mariana Pimentel thinks about her childhood in a small town in Mexico, she remembers being surrounded by anger and desperation. Her parents worked long hours to support Pimentel and her brothers ...