As the data center building spree continues and the federal government rolls back environmental and health protections, the ...

One way to tell the affluent, predominantly white areas of Rochester, New York from the poorer, mostly Black and brown neighborhoods is by the abundance and health of their trees. It’s a pattern that ...

Stories of preeclampsia, ignored pain and systemic racism show how preventable failures cost Black women and babies their ...

Adult literacy challenges deepen health inequities, limit opportunity and are linked to incarceration. Even so, efforts to ...

Law enforcement and public health experts worry that potential cuts to resources that save lives and stop the flow of drugs ...

She and her husband had traveled from China and crossed the rugged mountain paths along the Mexico–U.S. border at midnight, believing it was the hardest moment of their lives. They were asylum seekers ...

When Fen Chen gave birth to her first child seven years ago, she did what she thought made sense: she chose a large, well-known health network in Los Angeles County. After more than a decade in the ...

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 ...

Los Angeles County is among the least affordable places in the United States, particularly for seniors on a fixed income. A market-rate studio apartment in Chinatown rents for about $2,000 a month, ...

At his day job, Harpreet Singh Pannu is a physician specializing in internal medicine at Kaiser Permanente facilities in San Jose and Santa Clara. But on Sundays, at his sangat (congregation), Pannu ...

When Heather Muriel Nguyen first identified as non-binary and asexual, it wasn’t just a declaration of identity, it was an act of self-advocacy in a culture where queerness is often silenced. Now a ...

Jessica Berry’s use of alcohol, fentanyl, and other drugs took a heavy toll, she recalled. During her active addiction, she lost friends, had her young daughter temporarily removed from her care, ...