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

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

San Francisco's budget cuts threaten HIV prevention services serving the city's Latine immigrant community.San Francisco's ...

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.

In Chicago, the L train is the zigzag of public rail that connects the city. So for a recent reporting project on life expectancy, I decided to use this familiar feature to help explain a vast ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you are Black or have Black children, it’s likely you or your child may have experienced adultification bias. Word In Black compiled this guide to help people understand what this bias is and how ...

"Why do people put their parents in nursing homes when there are so many problems in them?" It was not the first time my mom had asked this question. This time, it came after yet another report of an ...

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 ...