Chronic Disease

In their new plan to ban agricultural burning, air regulators are using outreach and financial incentives to convince growers to adopt an alternative known as whole orchard recycling.

One in five Indigenous Chamorros in the Northern Mariana Islands has diabetes, and the demand for dialysis is growing. But the only dialysis centers are on the capital island of Saipan.

Community health workers are often funded with short-term grants, which can deter people from the profession and lead to shortages.

Talis Shelbourne reported this project on the intersection of asthma, housing and health systems with the support of a grant from USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism's 2022 Impact Fund for Reporting on Health Equity and Health Systems. ...

COVID-19 ravaged Indigenous tribes in New Mexico. State and federal data reveal how a long legacy of uranium exposure may have made them uniquely vulnerable.

Ma’Siah’s asthma was uncontrolled. And when his mother watched him, her feelings went from joy to helplessness.

Asthmatic children who lived in neighborhoods with the most housing code violations were nearly twice as likely to return to the emergency department or hospital in 12 or fewer months.

The Journal Sentinel gathered information from doctors, asthma organizations and housing advocates to create a guide for managing children's asthma.

Exposure to air pollution has long been a public health issue for people in South San Luis Obispo County.

The more people are exposed to poor air quality on the Mesa, the sicker they become over time — dealing with allergy symptoms, breathing issues and, for some, even lung disease.