After records requests were denied, a reporter used lawsuits and monitor reports to expose severe understaffing and failures in Illinois' prison health care — despite a court-ordered consent decree.

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

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

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

When Gloria Caballero, 52, started experiencing knee pain four years ago, her sister in Los Angeles suggested a natural remedy that a coworker had sworn by: a supplement called Artri King. Following ...

How many people can fit in a one-bed, one-bath apartment? In one two-story building in Monterey Park in Los Angeles County, the answer is 12. At the city council meeting on May 1, 2024, Monterey Park ...

Before she publishes a story on domestic violence, journalist Sammy Caiola calls sources to review the information she plans on including. Sometimes, survivors ask her to remove facts, since their ...

Children’s nutrition is becoming the latest casualty of the White House war on DEI and government spending that supports families. After canceling funding for research on health care disparities and ...

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 ...