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In California’s Eastern Coachella Valley, promotores help residents take on environmental hazards
In Southern California’s Eastern Coachella Valley, "promotoras" are part of a growing effort to address environmental hazards and survey residents about their often health and housing needs.
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California doctor fails in bid to stop prescription drug tracking
Does the California Medical Board have the right to check records to see if a doctor is recklessly prescribing drugs? For the past three years, that question has been stuck in the courts.
In L.A., community clinics have undergone big changes under the Affordable Care Act
The growth of Los Angeles’ safety net has been dramatic since the Affordable Care Act took effect. Now clinics are anxiously wondering if the many changes they've made can be sustained if the ACA is repealed.
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Perspective: Congress works to keep medical costs rising
With no pricing mechanism for health services and no consumer protection, the GOP and Dems jointly fostered the most pernicious case of crony capitalism imaginable.
LGBT data collection underway in California, San Francisco
Officials in San Francisco and Sacramento are aiming to make answering questions about sexual orientation and gender identity routine as they begin to collect this data in multiple settings and on government forms.
2017 National Fellows delve into the ethical quandaries that come up while reporting
"To what extent do you give a fair voice to the uninformed opinion?" one reporter asked. “But who am I to say that they don’t have a voice? That’s always been a bit of a challenge to me.”
Child Abuse: Shaken Baby Accusations Gone Wrong
A series of legal developments in the past few weeks highlights the devastating effects of misguided child abuse diagnoses on innocent families.
This teen mom and her newborn rode a city bus to a school for delinquents. Here’s why
Research has shown that sex education results in fewer teen pregnancies, but in California's politically conservative San Joaquin Valley, there is a history of strong push-back against sex ed.
FiveThirtyEight’s Anna Barry-Jester on how she reported the story of big disparities in South’s Black Belt
“I was really interested in the question of how slavery and historic institutions play out in health outcomes today,” Anna Barry-Jester of 538 told fellow journalists this week.
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In nation’s capital, rising gentrification undermines health of African American community
“A lot of people think that these were poor African Americans moving out, but they were actually middle-class people, because the poor people had nowhere to go," one Georgetown researchers says of the city's rising number of displaced residents.
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WITF is looking for a skilled, creative and ambitious multi-platform journalist to lead their Transforming Health project.
