A data journalist set out to map Duluth's lead water lines, until experts pointed instead to the lead paint in the city's ...

What happens when an expensive drug that works well for a condition affecting millions of people remains out of reach to many ...

A shared ethnicity doesn't always guarantee the right therapist. Two South Asian women's stories show what culturally ...

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Many Black and Hispanic men delay checkups due to cost, distrust or fear. Our columnist writes that journalists can help ...

Tens of millions of Americans have been denied coverage for a treatment prescribed by their doctor. That’s anywhere from 20% to 70% of people with health insurance, according to various surveys. And ...

Cancer screening is one of the quiet success stories of modern medicine. Mammograms, Pap smears and colonoscopies can detect cellular irregularities before they become cancer or catch it early, when ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...