Heidi de Marco
Health ReporterHeidi de Marco is an award-winning photojournalist and health reporter who has focused her work on producing multimedia stories that help humanize the complex health and humanitarian issues impacting marginalized and vulnerable communities in the United States and abroad.
Most recently, she covered health care and policy for KFF Health News from the Southern California bureau where she produced bilingual multimedia stories for news outlets nationwide.
Previously, Heidi was a freelance video journalist and photographer specializing in covering social disparities, health, and general news abroad.
She has a bachelor’s degree in international journalism from DePaul University, a post-graduate diploma in multimedia journalism from an International Center for Journalists sponsored program in India, and a certificate in Spanish-language broadcast journalism from UCLA.
She has extensive multimedia training, is HEFAT certified (Hostile Environment and First Aid Training), and has spent more than a decade covering health. Her work has been published in The Atlantic, The Los Angeles Times, USA Today, CNN, PBS Newshour, The Washington Post, TIME, Radio Bilngüe, The New York Times, NPR and La Opinión, among others.
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As Congress debates extending federal tax credits, nearly 146,000 San Diegans may face steep health insurance hikes. Have you received a notice from Covered California? KPBS wants to hear how rising costs could impact you and your family. -
About 2,000 Kaiser Permanente nurses, pharmacists and other frontline staff in San Diego are on strike, demanding safer staffing, fair wages and better benefits. -
A new study shows UC San Diego Health’s virtual clinic is helping patients avoid costly and unnecessary readmissions by providing follow-up care within a week of discharge. -
The new detox facility will provide services for unhoused San Diego residents struggling with substance use. -
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory panel changed its guidance for measles, mumps, rubella, and chickenpox on Thursday. -
A new state law allows California to set its own vaccine recommendations and requires health plans it regulates to cover them.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has issued an executive order to direct state agencies on how to remove homeless encampments. -
San Diego County Public Health officials Thursday urged people to get up to date on COVID-19 vaccinations. -
The number of people experiencing homelessness in San Diego County in 2024 increased by an estimated 3% over the previous year, according to data released Wednesday from January's Point-in-Time Count.
- San Diego County Fair announces next year's theme with nod to joys of reading
- How San Diego Democrats are using Prop 50 to reach new voters
- San Diego Kaiser workers strike for safe staffing, fair pay and benefits
- Gov. Newsom signs a reparations study law but vetoes other racial justice proposals
- A new state law means more housing can be built across San Diego