In Chicago, the L train is the zigzag of public rail that connects the city. So for a recent reporting project on life expectancy, I decided to use this familiar feature to help explain a vast ...

Han Sung-hyun / 63, Korean resident at a homeless shelter “I was told I was terminally ill. They said I had three months to ...

San Francisco's budget cuts threaten HIV prevention services serving the city's Latine immigrant community.San Francisco's ...

Insurance denials hit many Americans, but marginalized and sicker patients suffer most because appeals are complex, delaying ...

When Nibedita was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 40, she did not tell her mother or her mother-in-law, who lived in India. That decision, made from love, isolated her. Both women, beloved ...

For more than 20 years, Adela León, originally from Putla in Oaxaca, Mexico, has worked in agricultural fields across Washington State and California’s Central Valley. “In grapes, peaches, apricots, ...

Given that the United States spends more on health care than any nation in the world — around $5 trillion annually — Dr. Georges Benjamin asked a simple question to a room of journalists earlier this ...

There are nearly 52 million licensed drivers age 65 and older in the U.S. This number represents a 77% increase since 2004 and is the highest number of senior drivers ever recorded. Many seniors stop ...

Desirae Barragan hugs her program co-directors on stage at the Blue Lake Rancheria Casino, smiling into a sea of faces and a swell of cheers. Across her shoulders – and those of her fellow graduates ...

Yosef Berlyand had $263,000 in medical school debt when he graduated in 2019. He has scrupulously made loan payments since then. With accumulated interest, he now owes $271,000. The stress of bearing ...

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 ...

Every moment in sports has become a wager, and not just on who will win the Super Bowl or how many strikeouts a pitcher will throw. With a quick tap on your phone, you can bet on what color Gatorade ...