Katherine Kam is a journalist whose work has appeared in many print and online publications, including The Washington Post, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, WebMD, Salon, and NBC News.

November 30, 2015

Families Live Jammed into Chinatown Rooms, with No Hope of Leaving

March 19, 2020

Coronavirus Drives Island City to Shelter in Place

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September 4, 2017

Can Hate Be Healed?

May 15, 2013

Baggage Check

September 16, 2024

When Children with Cancer Are Bullied

January 14, 2024

How Will You Be Remembered? Here’s How to Adopt a Legacy Mindset

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October 19, 2023

Overtalking May Signal a Mental Health Condition

Caring for loved ones with Alzheimer’s can be daunting for anyone, but it can be especially unfamiliar and jarring for some men. (iStock)

August 9, 2023

Caring for Alzheimer’s Patients Brings New Challenges for Some Men

April 30, 2023

Scientists Study the Wise Brain

November 26, 2022

Self-Awareness Can Improve Relationships. Here Are Tips to Build It.

July 19, 2022

How Unconscious Feelings About Ourselves Drive Scapegoating

June 7, 2022

Dispatch from California: Crime and a Recall Election

May 19, 2022

Autism “Elopement” Raises Summer Drowning Risk

April 11, 2022

Pregnancy Becomes a More Vulnerable Time with Climate Change

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February 19, 2022

A Meaningful Life Is Possible Amid Suffering, Some Therapists Say

A photo of a woman working in a small retail store wearing a mask.

February 23, 2022

Masks Come Off in Blue States

September 10, 2021

The Hidden Costs of School Shootings

June 10, 2021

Police Blues: Rising Stress Puts Officers at Risk

February 2, 2021

Why Asian American Women Have Had the Highest Jobless Rates in the Last 6 Months of Covid

November 30, 2020

The New Domestic Violence: Technology Abuse

October 1, 2020

Why Domestic Violence Calls Are Surging for Asian American Women Amid the Pandemic

September 25, 2020

Could Wildfires Have Long-Term Health Effects?

August 20, 2020

Asian American Students Face Bullying Over COVID

June 29, 2020

Sleep Aid: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia

May 26, 2020

Can You Catch COVID-19 Through Your Eyes?

September 9, 2013

Cultural Stigma Hurts Asian American Teens with Depression

June 11, 2020

Expert Q and A: The Impact of Microaggressions

April 8, 2020

COVID-19 Hitting Some African-American Communities Harder

March 9, 2020

ADHD in Girls

March 9, 2020

Panic Strategy

March 18, 2021

On the Front Lines: Violence Against Nurses on the Rise