Center for Health Journalism

07/11/2025

Many with menopause symptoms miss treatment due to high costs and insurance denials. A California bill seeks to mandate coverage, challenging prior authorization barriers imposed by insurers, reports 2025 CA Health Equity Fellow Megan Myscofski for CapRadio. More here: https://centerforhealthjournalism.org/our-work/reporting/insurance-often-barrier-menopause-symptom-treatment-california-lawmakers-want

Many with menopause symptoms miss treatment due to high costs and insurance denials. A California bill seeks to mandate coverage, challenging prior authorization barriers imposed by insurers.

07/11/2025

Data collected by the San Diego County Air Pollution Control District indicate that hydrogen sulfide is consistently detected in the air, reports 2024 Data Fellow Tammy Murga for the San Diego Union Tribune. Read more:

Data collected by the San Diego County Air Pollution Control District indicate that hydrogen sulfide is consistently detected in the air.

07/09/2025

Apply to the Health and Climate Change Reporting Fellowship by Sept 3! Offered by the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism's Center for Health Journalism and the USC Annenberg Center for Climate Journalism and Communication for Climate Journalism and Communication, we encourage reporting that focuses on physical health, mental health or both, with an eye on the systemic inequities that worsen the impact of disasters and delay recovery. Learn more: https://bit.ly/HealthandClimateChangeInfo

07/08/2025

Chinese immigrant parents risk losing children to the foster system due to cultural, language, and legal gaps. With few Asian foster homes, kids often lose heritage and ties to family, reports Rong Xiaoqing for Sing Tao Newspapers Pty Ltd 星島日報- 澳洲版 and Documented.info. Read here:

Chinese immigrant parents risk losing children to the foster system due to cultural, language, and legal gaps. With few Asian foster homes, kids often lose heritage and ties to family.

07/07/2025

The federal government is gutting programs shown to reduce overdose deaths and address the mental health crisis. Reporters in Mississippi are highlighting just how much is at stake, writes Fran Smith for this week's Health Divide. Read here:

The federal government is gutting programs shown to reduce overdose deaths and address the mental health crisis. Reporters in Mississippi are highlighting just how much is at stake.

07/07/2025

Our Data Fellowship is now open for applications! This program offers training on data acquisition, cleaning, analysis and visualization led by some of the most skilled data reporters and journalism practitioners in the nation. Learn more: https://bit.ly/2025DataFellowship

07/03/2025

Many pier fishermen in Southern California still eat DDT-contaminated fish, while government efforts struggle to address the region's lingering toxic legacy, writes Jackson Hudgins. Read his essay here: https://ow.ly/nOgs50WkBO5

07/03/2025

What a ride! 🎉 As we wrap up an incredible week of our 2025 National Fellowship, we’re filled with gratitude, pride, and so much excitement for what’s ahead. A huge congratulations to all our amazing fellows who brought the energy, the ideas, and the impact into every session! 🙌

We’d also like to give a heartfelt thank you to every speaker, partner and staff member who helped make this experience unforgettable. 💡✨

The future is bright and we can’t wait to see how each of you will shape it. 🚀

07/02/2025

All For Kids' Magnolia Place, a community hub in one of LA's densest immigrant neighborhoods brings together a host of services to support children and families facing challenges on all fronts, writes ChrisAnna Mink for the Center. Read here:

A community hub in one of LA's densest immigrant neighborhoods brings together a host of services to support children and families facing challenges on all fronts.

07/01/2025

A new bill in Congress aims to end a longstanding disparity that limits long-term disability coverage for mental health and substance use disorders to just 24 months — regardless of severity, writes Natalie Eilbert for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Read here:

A new bill in Congress aims to end a longstanding disparity that limits long-term disability coverage for mental health and substance use disorders to just 24 months — regardless of severity.

07/01/2025

A community hub in one of LA's densest immigrant neighborhoods brings together a host of services to support children and families facing challenges on all fronts, writes ChrisAnna Mink for the Center. Read the full essay:

A community hub in one of LA's densest immigrant neighborhoods brings together a host of services to support children and families facing challenges on all fronts.

06/30/2025

Apply to our Data Fellowship by July 22! Our program offers training on data acquisition, cleaning, analysis and visualization led by some of the most skilled data reporters and journalism practitioners in the nation. Learn more: https://bit.ly/2025DataFellowship