Nick Stanley, a third-generation convenience store owner in Huntington, Indiana, is scrambling to meet tough new federal requirements for the foods he must stock if he wants to continue accepting SNAP ...

Journalists who attend the virtual symposium are eligible to apply for our Impact Reporting Fund on Child Welfare, which provides reporting stipends of $2,000 to $10,000 and five months of one-on-one ...

On October 11, the remnants of Typhoon Halong slammed into Alaska’s western coast. It was one of the most destructive storms to impact the state in over three decades. For the small, predominantly-Yup ...

When you turn on the faucet in your kitchen, you shouldn’t have to wonder whether the water is safe to drink. Nor should you have to wonder whether your children are exposed to lead, arsenic, PFAS or ...

Still, it’s hard to look away from the photos and descriptions: small metal cages used as “calming areas”; migrants packed into small windowless rooms; showers caked with filth and infested with bugs.

Heat is the top weather-related killer in the U.S., and seven states have now adopted rules requiring employers to provide water breaks and other heat protections for workers. But in Arizona, where ...

The USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism is pleased to announce the selection of 18 talented journalists to participate in the 2026 National Fellowship, which will explore the well-being of ...

Twenty-two states are moving to restrict what people can buy with their food benefits, targeting soda and candy in a huge, uncontrolled policy experiment backed by little evidence. In April 2025, ...

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, ...

For far too long, the products used to keep us all safe and healthy have been designed for a male body. And that can harm women. Take personal protective equipment (PPE), for example. Some 80% of ...

Yosef Berlyand had $263,000 in medical school debt when he graduated in 2019. He has scrupulously made loan payments since then. With accumulated interest, he now owes $271,000. The stress of bearing ...

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 ...