A Fresno vendor and breast cancer survivor faces doubled health insurance premiums after federal ACA subsidies expired, showing the human cost of the policy change across California's Central Valley ...

Native Californian medical students are reclaiming healthcare for their communities — one pipeline program at a time — as AI/AN life expectancy sits nearly a decade below the national average.

The indigenous and women-led non-profit, Comunidades Indígenas en Liderazgo (CIELO), a human rights organization dedicated to language access, cultural preservation, and social justice, recalls many ...

A Guardian investigation into the U.S. overdose slowdown found that national declines masked sharp local disparities. Here's how the reporting team got the story.

A series on EMS services in rural Missouri relied on newsroom collaboration, time management, and repurposed reporting to ...

A series on EMS services in rural Missouri relied on newsroom collaboration, time management, and repurposed reporting to cover systemic challenges and solutions.

Breast cancer among AAPI women under 50 surged 52% since 2000. Immigration, westernization, and cultural barriers to screening put Indian American women at hidden risk—but disaggregated data is scarce ...

Black women face higher fibroid rates and worse outcomes. While advocates are pushing for more research and visibility, ...

Escalating arrests and assaults on journalists covering immigration crackdowns spur expanded safety, legal, and trauma ...

Nitrogen pollution from agricultural fertilizer contaminates the water for over 14,000 people in the Salinas Valley.

In a state known for innovation, maternal deaths still fall hardest on Black, Indigenous and low-income families.

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 ...