From 2000 to 2012 I covered science and health issues for the Bay Area News Group, which includes the San Jose Mercury News, Contra Costa Times, and Oakland Tribune.  In recent years I’ve concentrated on covering health disparities, and in April 2018 Island Press will publish my most recent book “20 Years of Life: Why the Poor Die Earlier and How to Challenge Inequities.”

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Health, life spans and neighborhoods

<p>On Sunday, a four-part series a year in the making runs in the Bay Area News Group. As the science reporter for the chain, I teamed with health reporter Sandy Kleffman to report and write this series.</p>