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Looming Long-term Snap Cuts Threaten SF Latinos Even as an Ecosystem of Restaurants and Food Banks Try to Fill Gaps

When SNAP benefits were paused on Nov. 1, millions of people were left without cash assistance to buy food. To fill the gap, ...
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The Gaps in Care: What SoCal Chinese Mothers Reveal About a System Still Learning to Listen

Chinese immigrant mothers in Southern California seeking care face language barriers, billing fights and fear of using public ...
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After the First Cry: Chinese Mothers Left to Navigate the Long March Alone

Across Southern California, Chinese immigrant mothers are raising young children amid sky-high childcare costs, thin safety ...
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Loss Of Subsidies Could Strip Health Coverage From 400,000 Californians

Around 400,000 Californians could lose their health coverage if Congress fails to extend federal health subsidies before the ...
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At 99, Ronghui Ye Enjoys Life in Subsidized Senior Housing. She is Lucky. Others Wait Decades for the Same.

Ninety-nine year old Ronghui Ye lives in a senior housing complex subsidized by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban ...
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Lynn Arditi

I'm the health reporter at The Public's Radio in Rhode Island. Woonsocket, Rhode Island is a former mill city with the state’s highest per capita rate of drug overdose death. A reporter shares how she ...
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Lauran Neergaard

Lauran Neergaard is a medical writer for The Associated Press. She joined the AP in Atlanta in 1989, and has covered health since 1992. Based in Washington since 1993, she currently covers public ...
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Katherine Kam

I'm an independent journalist in the San Francisco Bay Area. My work has appeared in various outlets, including WebMD, Salon, the San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, New York Times and Time ...
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Ritu Marwah

Ritu Marwah is an award-winning author and a recognized Bay Area leader in the field of art and literature. She won the 2023 Ethnic Media Services award for outstanding international reporting; 2022 ...
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Gary Schwitzer

Gary Schwitzer has specialized in health care journalism for nearly 50 years. He is founder and publisher of the website HealthNewsReview.org, once leading a team of about 50 people who graded daily ...
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Ryan White

Ryan White is content editor of CenterforHealthJournalism.org, where he oversees daily content across a range of health topics. He also is the lead for the Center’s Health Matters webinar series. Ryan ...
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Ariane Lange

Ariane Lange reports on regional transportation for The Sacramento Bee, where she has also covered homelessness. She was a USC Center for Health Journalism 2024-2025 California Data Fellow. Previously ...