The modeling studies predicted that excluding soda and other sweetened beverages would reduce purchases of those items and improve diets. One of the studies also suggested the bans could reduce ...

A reporter shares advice on how to tell an honest story about autism and youth suicide that doesn’t impose a simple narrative on the complexities of real life.

A reporter builds trust through close listening in SF's Latino immigrant community, uncovering deeper health stories on ...

A kidney transplant survivor urges donation despite safety fears after a Times investigation sparked registry withdrawals, ...

When Nibedita was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 40, she did not tell her mother or her mother-in-law, who lived in India. That decision, made from love, isolated her. Both women, beloved ...

Given that the United States spends more on health care than any nation in the world — around $5 trillion annually — Dr. Georges Benjamin asked a simple question to a room of journalists earlier this ...

Years ago, while researching another story, I stumbled across an image of a 1976 newspaper clipping that stopped me cold. The shocking headline, “Government Admits Sterilizing 3,400 Native American ...

Yosef Berlyand had $263,000 in medical school debt when he graduated in 2019. He has scrupulously made loan payments since then. With accumulated interest, he now owes $271,000. The stress of bearing ...

In the middle of today’s immigration climate, many victims of domestic violence in our community live with a double fear: the abuse at home… and the fear that reporting it could bring them closer to ...

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 ...

Under Donald Trump’s administration, immigration policy has taken a sharply restrictive turn, putting many immigrants at risk. One of the most visible targets are Haitians with temporary protected ...

Three months after receiving a clean bill of health from her cardiologist, marathon runner Dawn Roberts was participating in a 5K with her son when she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her chest. “It was ...