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 ...

The USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism is pleased to announce the selection of five talented student journalists who ...

Deep research, human-centered reporting and "maniacal" organization helped a reporter tell a pivotal story about thwarted ...

An entire gambling ecosystem operates with virtually no federal guardrails, and a generation is growing up with casinos on ...

Many families with unstable housing describe the process of qualifying for housing support ins San Francisco as opaque and ...

Journalists have covered the many ways that racial injustices fuel health care disparities. We’ve looked at the impact of neighborhood segregation, discrimination and the violence of poverty. Now, a ...

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 ...

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 ...

In health care, the quality of that care can vary significantly from one patient to another, and even from one facility to another — even when they’re just 20 miles apart. This harsh reality became ...

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 ...

How many people can fit in a one-bed, one-bath apartment? In one two-story building in Monterey Park in Los Angeles County, the answer is 12. At the city council meeting on May 1, 2024, Monterey Park ...