
Duaa Eldeib
I report on health care and racial inequity, with a focus on maternal and child health.
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What I Cover
I cover health care, particularly as it relates to vulnerable populations, including those on Medicaid. I’m reporting on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, National Institutes of Health, Health Resources and Services Administration, and other federal agencies. I center human stories in my reporting and weave together hard-hitting accountability with the narratives of people who were harmed.
My Background
I joined ProPublica in 2017 and have written about the systemic failures that led to the U.S. stillbirth crisis, the ways insurers interfere with mental health care and the fatal consequences of delaying care during the pandemic. I was a producer and reporter on ProPublica’s documentary “Before a Breath.” During the first Trump administration, I wrote about the devastating effects of COVID-19 on Black Americans and collaborated with colleagues to cover the zero-tolerance policy for immigrants.
My series on stillbirths was a finalist for the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting. My reporting has led to exoneration of a mother who was wrongly convicted of murder and the release of young men who were incarcerated as juveniles and later sent to adult prison for minor offenses.
Before joining ProPublica, I was a reporter at the Chicago Tribune, where I was a finalist with two colleagues for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize in Investigative Reporting. I’m based in Chicago.
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by Duaa Eldeib, Nadia Sussman, Liz Moughon and Adriana Gallardo,
“God, No, Not Another Case.” COVID-Related Stillbirths Didn’t Have to Happen.
A lack of testing data and government guidance led many to avoid the COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy, unwittingly increasing their chances of a stillbirth.
by Duaa Eldeib,
Why Misinformation About COVID Vaccines and Pregnancy Isn’t Going Away
Before coronavirus vaccines were even released, a disinformation campaign used a moment of national and personal vulnerability to prey on those who were pregnant or who planned to become pregnant.
by Duaa Eldeib,
They Were the Pandemic’s Perfect Victims
The pandemic killed so many dialysis patients that their total number shrunk for the first time in nearly half a century. Few people took notice.
by Duaa Eldeib,
Legislator Pushes for Law Requiring Illinois Hospitals to Report All Assaults to Police
In response to a ProPublica investigation, Illinois State Sen. Julie Morrison said she will propose a law mandating that hospitals notify police about suspected patient-on-patient sexual assaults.
by Tony Briscoe and Duaa Eldeib,
A Patient in a Psychiatric Ward Was Seen on Video Possibly Being Sexually Assaulted. No One Reported It.
Roseland Community Hospital in Chicago kept quiet about a possible sexual assault of one patient by another in its psychiatric unit. Only after ProPublica asked questions did Illinois’ public health officials alert law enforcement.
by Duaa Eldeib and Tony Briscoe,
La agencia de bienestar infantil de Illinois les sigue fallando a las familias hispanohablantes
Dos años después de una investigación de ProPublica, el Departamento de Servicios para Niños y Familias de Illinois todavía no está cumpliendo con una orden de una corte federal para mejorar el servicio a las familias hispanohablantes.
por Melissa Sanchez y Duaa Eldeib,
Illinois’ Child Welfare Agency Continues to Fail Spanish-Speaking Families
Two years after a ProPublica investigation, the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services still is not complying with a federal court order to better serve Spanish-speaking families.
by Melissa Sanchez and Duaa Eldeib,
Una crisis de cánceres sin diagnosticar está surgiendo en el segundo año de la pandemia
Una trabajadora de una fábrica no quiso pedir baja por enfermedad ni contagiarse de COVD-19, así que intentó ignorar el dolor. Ahora tiene cáncer en estado 4.
por Duaa Eldeib, video by Alex Garcia,
Judges Are Locking Up Children for Noncriminal Offenses Like Repeatedly Disobeying Their Parents and Skipping School
Michigan’s juvenile justice system is archaic. Counties act with little oversight, and the state keeps such poor data it doesn’t know how many juveniles it has in custody or what happens to them once they’re in the system.
by Jodi S. Cohen and Duaa Eldeib,