The modeling studies predicted that excluding soda and other sweetened beverages would reduce purchases of those items and improve diets. One of the studies also suggested the bans could reduce ...

A reporter shares advice on how to tell an honest story about autism and youth suicide that doesn’t impose a simple narrative on the complexities of real life.

A reporter builds trust through close listening in SF's Latino immigrant community, uncovering deeper health stories on ...

A kidney transplant survivor urges donation despite safety fears after a Times investigation sparked registry withdrawals, ...

When Nibedita was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 40, she did not tell her mother or her mother-in-law, who lived in India. That decision, made from love, isolated her. Both women, beloved ...

Given that the United States spends more on health care than any nation in the world — around $5 trillion annually — Dr. Georges Benjamin asked a simple question to a room of journalists earlier this ...

Years ago, while researching another story, I stumbled across an image of a 1976 newspaper clipping that stopped me cold. The shocking headline, “Government Admits Sterilizing 3,400 Native American ...

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 ...

Desirae Barragan hugs her program co-directors on stage at the Blue Lake Rancheria Casino, smiling into a sea of faces and a swell of cheers. Across her shoulders – and those of her fellow graduates ...

Much of the nation’s lettuce, strawberries, spinach, broccoli and other produce comes from California’s Salinas Valley. I thought I had a pretty good grasp on what that meant for the people who live ...

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 ...

Every moment in sports has become a wager, and not just on who will win the Super Bowl or how many strikeouts a pitcher will throw. With a quick tap on your phone, you can bet on what color Gatorade ...