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One in three family caregivers of people with Alzheimer's disease experience persistent symptoms of depression. Zongjin Wu, however, is an exception. Caring for his wife, Alice Wu, for over 16 years ...

For more than 20 years, Adela León, originally from Putla in Oaxaca, Mexico, has worked in agricultural fields across Washington State and California’s Central Valley. “In grapes, peaches, apricots, ...

our 2025 Health and Climate Change Reporting Fellowship. Kimberly Treadaway hoped she was prepared for the storm. Hurricane Helene was heading right for her home in Weaverville, North Carolina, and ...

The rapid expansion of supersize data centers to power AI may not seem like a big story for health journalists. The growing public backlash has focused on the environmental impact: the massive use of ...

MOOREFIELD — On a rainy afternoon in 2020, Pilgrim’s Pride’s West Virginia chicken factory was dirty. The slaughterhouse has sharp metal hooks, deboning knives and conveyor belts. The machinery ...

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 ...

Three months after receiving a clean bill of health from her cardiologist, marathon runner Dawn Roberts was participating in a 5K with her son when she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her chest. “It was ...

Click here to read the story in Spanish. As a child growing up in East Boston, Fran Riley delighted in chasing after frogs, collecting fireflies in a jar and relaxing in the shade of towering oak and ...