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

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

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

The Times spoke to several therapists, social workers, researchers and organizations serving Thai and Asian Americans to examine how treatment and recovery can be tailored toward their needs. These ...

Illinois lawmakers and reform advocates are calling for stronger oversight of the state’s new prison health care provider following a Chicago Sun-Times report. On Dec. 10, the Sun-Times published a ...

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

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 ...

If you are Black or have Black children, it’s likely you or your child may have experienced adultification bias. Word In Black compiled this guide to help people understand what this bias is and how ...

Witnessing abuse carries the same risk of harm to children's mental health and learning as if the children had been abused directly, new research shows. SAVANNAH, Ga. – Latrelle Huff says her twins ...

Early in 2018, on assignment to write about education on the Navajo Nation, I wandered into a public school in Gallup, a tumbledown city on the border of the reservation. I’d been driving around ...