After testing nearly 70 homes, a Dispatch team exposed Ohio’s hidden radon threat, prompting state and local action.

Advocates are particularly incensed that decision-makers have mostly shuttered schools in the poorest part of town — ...

This is a lot of people not just milking the system but making deliberate economic decisions to exploit a vulnerable ...

When Snigdha was diagnosed with diabetes in 2008, she felt betrayed and shocked. "I was thin, did not have a sweet tooth, and ...

In Bakersfield, where Black mothers face some of California's worst maternal health outcomes, doulas are stepping in to fill ...

Racism is a serious public health issue in the United States, and the use of racial slurs raises bigger questions about language and its effects on the health of Black and Hispanic people.

CROW RESERVATION — When doctors in Billings told Ursula Rides Horse-Russell she had Stage 2 breast cancer, her mind went blank. She had buried her 34-year-old son two days earlier. She couldn’t ...

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 ...

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 ...

On New Year’s Eve in 2018, news broke that a woman with profound intellectual and physical disabilities — a 29-year-old who could not care for herself in the most basic of ways — had given birth to a ...