Are stricter felony drug possession penalties effective tools for propelling users into care? One reporter's deep dive raises serious doubts.

There’s growing evidence that medicine risks losing talent from poor and working-class, Black and Latino communities.

The USC Center for Health Journalism is pleased to announce the launch of the 2026 Ethnic Media Collaborative, with a Feb.

Mary Otto is a former Washington Post Reporter and winner of the 2010 Gies Award for Outstanding Achievement for her reporting on dental care for the poor, she is now on sabbatical authoring a book on ...

I'm a freelance health care journalist whose work focuses on helping consumers understand how to navigate the health care system, pay for health care, and make sense of health reform's impact. I also ...