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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

In January, I pitched a project that would explore the barriers to access to health care for farmworkers and their families on the Central Coast of California. By March, President Donald Trump had ...

The USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism is pleased to announce the selection of 14 talented journalists who will participate in its annual California Health Equity Fellowship, reporting on ...

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 ...

“I couldn’t share my thoughts fully, and I couldn't really open up. So I just keep to myself. I didn’t feel like I had a good relationship.” Gloria Kim (First-generation immigrant, mother): “I thought ...

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 ...