Anna Maria Barry-Jester

Every other week, Norm Ciha and his homeless neighbors temporarily relocate their camp from land alongside a freeway off-ramp in Oakland, Calif., to a nearby vacant lot, until state cleanup crews have come and gone. They call it “the…

Winds in excess of 70 to 80 mph whipped through the region, bringing down trees and pushing the Kincade Fire toward the house of nurse Peggy Goebel, a Red Cross volunteer, as she helped oversee medical operations at an evacuation shelter…

Condoms can help prevent the spread of syphilis. Women who acquire syphilis before or during pregnancy and aren’t treated are at risk for passing it on to their babies. File photo: Pixabay. CALIFORNIA - One of the nation’s most…

As federal and state health officials struggle to identify what exactly is causing the deadly outbreak, vaping advocates are stepping into the void and crafting an alternative narrative that is being echoed broadly in online communities.…

This hoodie doubles as a vaping device. Users can take a puff of nicotine (or marijuana) through the drawstring. This product was purchased by KHN and is pictured on a model. Photo credit: Anna Maria Barry-Jester/KHN. CALIFORNIA - In…

Under the Trump administration, the FDA, which has oversight of all tobacco products, originally gave e-cigarette manufacturers until 2022 to file applications for approval for their devices, but a federal judge recently advanced the…