Valley Fever Stories: Patients Speak Out
Valley Fever affects each of its victims differently. Here, three patients share how the disease has deeply affected their lives and their families.
View ArticleValley Fever Costs Mount for Patients and Taxpayers
Valley fever is a drain on taxpayers. An estimated 60 percent of valley fever-related hospitalizations - resulting in charges of close to $2 billion over 10 years in California alone - are covered by...
View ArticleTaxpayers spend millions on valley fever in prisons
Californians are locked into contributing millions to treat the rising number of prisoners sickened by valley fever.
View ArticleBeat the Clock: Planning a Big Journalism Project While Doing All Your Other...
How to choose and execute an in-depth reporting project – while still doing everything else you have to do.
View ArticleJust One Breath: Valley Fever Turns Short Prison Terms Into Lifelong Penalties
As valley fever rates skyrocket in some Calif. prisons, experts and inmates alike question whether it’s fair to doubly punish people — once for a crime, and again with a severe disease.
View ArticleJust One Breath: Tips for Covering Health Problems in Prisons
Journalist Rebecca Plevin faced many challenges reporting on the high rates – and costs – of valley fever in California prisons. Here's what you can learn from her work.
View ArticleMedical providers struggle to offer translation services
Community clinics, doctors and medical facilities are already struggling to provide appropriate, culturally competent medical translation to diverse populations, and the implementation of the...
View ArticleEnvironmental reporter considers layers of health threats when reporting on...
Veteran environmental reporter recommends starting by reporting the basic story first - focusing on what the problem appears to be, and how authorities and businesses are responding.
View ArticleReporters balance personal stories, science when reporting on environmental...
Reporters Ruxandra Guidi and Erica Peterson live about 2,000 miles apart. But when they embarked on in-depth stories on environmental justices issues in their communities, they faced very similar...
View ArticleMoving 875,000 Children From One State Insurance Plan To Another No Easy Task
Just how well is California doing transitioning children from the outgoing Healthy Families low-cost health insurance program to Medi-Cal? The state's version of its progress is rosier than what...
View ArticleJust One Breath: Valley fever advocates see hope for new funding, new laws
Legislators are poised to take action on valley fever, a long-ignored disease that is the subject of a Reporting on Health Collaborative project.
View ArticleInmates At Risk of Valley Fever To Be Moved From Two Valley Prisons
Over the last seven years, 40 California state prisoners have died with valley fever as either the primary or the secondary cause of death. For this reason, the prison system has been ordered to...
View ArticleExperts hail step to move at-risk inmates out of valley fever hot spots
Still, moving thousands of prisoners is a massive endeavor complicated by factors such as inmates’ security levels, and medical, mental health and rehabilitation needs.
View ArticlePrison Health Advocates Call For More Steps to Stop Valley Fever Outbreak
State and experts are now digesting the directive for California's Department of Corrections to remove inmates from two Central Valley prisons, who are especially at risk of contracting valley fever.
View ArticleState Raises Questions About Moving Inmates At Risk of Valley Fever
California's Attorney General has questioned the feasibility of the federal order to move more than 3,000 inmates especially vulnerable to valley fever from two Central Valley prisons.
View ArticleMaking a Difference – Together: A Reporting Collaborative Earns a CJR “Laurel”
The sustained fire power and reach of seven news outlets – combined with community outreach efforts – have yielded results as we approach the one-year anniversary of the new Reporting on Health...
View ArticleValley Fever Research Day Aims To Connect With Community
Community members are invited to attend Valley Fever Research Day Saturday at the UCSF Fresno Center for Medical Education and Research. The event is an opportunity for researchers to connect with...
View ArticleJust One Breath: Valley fever picture complicated by changing climate
As with much of the science around valley fever, the evidence base is still being built -- studies are scarce; data collection was erratic for years and continues to be spotty; and understanding the...
View ArticlePrice Check: Share what you paid for health care to break the pricing secret
A new collaboration among media outlets is building a new database of health care prices by asking people to share how much they paid for common procedures. The results could shed light on how much...
View ArticleJust One Breath: Valley Fever Turns Short Prison Terms Into Lifelong Penalties
As valley fever rates skyrocket in some Calif. prisons, experts and inmates alike question whether it’s fair to doubly punish people — once for a crime, and again with a severe disease.
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