Strengthening what’s known as family defense has been shown to reduce the amount of time kids spend in foster care. A ...

Meanwhile, local reporters are detailing the impacts of ongoing public health funding cuts in their own communities.

For those suffering from silicosis (mostly immigrants from Latin and Central America) — a deadly disease experienced by ...

Like many Black teens across the country, Duchess-Angelica Wright struggles to maintain her mental health. As a young Black ...

USC Health Journalism Fellow, Stanford University John S. Knight Journalism Fellow, member of the Association of Health Care Journalists, board member Western Washington Chapter Society of ...

Zac Mago, a healthy teen, died from cardiac arrest despite a prior clear heart screening. Some medical professionals recommend kids get screened annually after detecting a potential heart abnormality.

Dozens of homeless families face evictions due to a controversial city policy that limits family shelter stays to 90 days.

On warm nights Arieann Harrison used to sit and chat with neighbors on the steps outside her apartment down the street from the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, a federal Superfund site. Trucks would ...