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856 stories published since 2008

Internal Documents Show Federal Agencies Supported the WHO Before Trump Was Against It

by Yeganeh Torbati,

Chicago Lakeshore Hospital Closes After Years of Abuse Allegations but Cites “the COVID-19 Pandemic”

by Duaa Eldeib,

Coronavirus in Illinois: Are There Enough Ventilators and Hospital Beds Near Me?

by Ash Ngu,

Millions of Essential Workers Are Being Left Out of COVID-19 Workplace Safety Protections, Thanks to OSHA

by Michael Grabell, Bernice Yeung and Maryam Jameel,

Congress Is Investigating Whether a Ventilator Company Is Gouging the U.S. — and Why the Government Is Letting It Happen

by Patricia Callahan and Sebastian Rotella,

Despite Federal Ban, Landlords Are Still Moving to Evict People During the Pandemic

by Jeff Ernsthausen, Ellis Simani and Justin Elliott,

The CDC and WHO Have Already Said Mosquitoes Don’t Spread Coronavirus. Now USDA Will Study It, Too.

by Yeganeh Torbati,

Al menos 37 menores en un albergue de Chicago para inmigrantes detenidos han dado positivo en pruebas de COVID-19

por Melissa Sanchez,

Ventilators Aren’t Going to Cure COVID-19. Here’s What They Can Do.

by Caroline Chen,

COVID-19 Put Her Husband in the ICU. She Had to Be Hospitalized Next. The State Demanded to Know: Who Would Care for Their Children?

by Topher Sanders and David Armstrong,

There’s Been a Spike in People Dying at Home in Several Cities. That Suggests Coronavirus Deaths Are Higher Than Reported.

by Jack Gillum, Lisa Song and Jeff Kao,

She Came to New York to Help Fight COVID. She Walked Into a “War Movie.”

by ProPublica,

Postal Workers Say USPS Isn’t Telling Them When Colleagues Test Positive for COVID-19, Despite Promising To

by Maryam Jameel,

At Least 19 Children at a Chicago Shelter for Immigrant Detainees Have Tested Positive for COVID-19

by Melissa Sanchez,

Climate Change Won’t Stop for the Coronavirus Pandemic

by Abrahm Lustgarten,

Lessons Learned From Running ICUs in Disaster Zones

by Lydia DePillis,

Coronavirus Tests Are Being Fast-Tracked by the FDA, but It’s Unclear How Accurate They Are.

by Lydia DePillis and Caroline Chen,

He Spent $500,000 to Buy Coronavirus Tests. Health Officials Say They’re Unreliable.

by Jeremy Schwartz,

The White House Pushed FEMA To Give its Biggest Coronavirus Contract to a Company That Never Had to Bid

by J. David McSwane and Yeganeh Torbati,

Medical Staffing Companies Owned by Rich Investors Cut Doctor Pay and Now Want Bailout Money

by Isaac Arnsdorf,

Rationing Protective Gear Means Checking on Coronavirus Patients Less Often. This Can Be Deadly.

by Joshua Kaplan, Lizzie Presser and Maya Miller,

Trump Removed the Head of the Coronavirus Bailout Oversight Board. Its Members Could Be Next.

by Isaac Arnsdorf,

Pharmacy Workers Are Coming Down With COVID-19. But They Can’t Afford to Stop Working.

by Ava Kofman,

We Still Don’t Know How Many People Are in the Hospital With COVID-19

by Charles Ornstein,

Inside the Union Where Coronavirus Put 98% of Members Out of Work

by James Bandler,

A Company Promised Cheap Ventilators to the Government, Never Delivered and Is Now Charging Quadruple the Price for New Ones

by Patricia Callahan and Sebastian Rotella,

Democratic Senators Demand Answers on Trump’s Secretive Border Expulsions

by Dara Lind,

A School on Navajo Nation Stayed Open. Then People Started Showing Symptoms.

by Alden Woods, The Arizona Republic,

A Nurse Bought Protective Supplies for Her Colleagues Using GoFundMe. The Hospital Suspended Her.

by Marshall Allen,

ER Staffing Company Reverses Benefits Cuts for Doctors and Nurses Fighting Coronavirus

by Isaac Arnsdorf,

How New York City’s Emergency Ventilator Stockpile Ended Up on the Auction Block

by Justin Elliott, Annie Waldman and Joshua Kaplan,

Cancer Surgeries and Organ Transplants Are Being Put Off for Coronavirus. Can They Wait?

by Joanne Lipman for ProPublica,

Who Has Emergency Authority Over Elections? Nobody’s Quite Sure.

by Jessica Huseman,

“Dead on Arrival”: A N.Y. Fire Chief’s COVID Journal

by ProPublica,

It’s Hardly Shocking the Navy Fired a Commander for Warning of Coronavirus Threat. It’s Part of a Pattern.

by T. Christian Miller and Megan Rose,

Overwhelmed Hospitals Face a New Crisis: Staffing Firms Are Cutting Their Doctors’ Hours and Pay

by Isaac Arnsdorf,

Along the Border, the Population Is High Risk for Coronavirus, but Testing Is In Short Supply

by Jeremy Schwartz and Lomi Kriel,

Early Data Shows African Americans Have Contracted and Died of Coronavirus at an Alarming Rate

by Akilah Johnson and Talia Buford,

How Tea Party Budget Battles Left the National Emergency Medical Stockpile Unprepared for Coronavirus

by Yeganeh Torbati and Isaac Arnsdorf,

One Reason Caregivers Are Wearing Trash Bags: A U.S. Firm Had to Recall 9 Million Surgical Gowns

by David Armstrong and Topher Sanders,

Rural Counties Consider an Alternative Type of Social Distancing — Kicking Chicago Out of Illinois

by Logan Jaffe and Duaa Eldeib,

In This Remote Town, Spring Means Salmon — and Thousands of Fishermen From Coronavirus Hot Spots

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News,

Leaked Border Patrol Memo Tells Agents to Send Migrants Back Immediately — Ignoring Asylum Law

by Dara Lind,

Meet the Pastors Holding In-Person Services During Coronavirus

by Kiah Collier, Vianna Davila and Perla Trevizo,

Trump Congratulates Businesses for Helping Fight Coronavirus. But His Own Company Has Been Absent.

by Peter Elkind,

In Desperation, New York State Pays Up to 15 Times the Normal Prices for Medical Equipment

by Lydia DePillis and Lisa Song,

Coronavirus in New York City: How Many Confirmed Cases Are Near Me?

by Lylla Younes and Al Shaw,

Los hospitales han dejado solos, confundidos y sin atención adecuada a muchos pacientes con COVID-19 que no hablan inglés

por Joshua Kaplan,

For Americans With Bills to Pay, Help Is on the Way. Sort Of.

by Paul Kiel and Jeff Ernsthausen,

What We Need to Understand About Asymptomatic Carriers if We’re Going to Beat Coronavirus

by Caroline Chen,