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849 stories published since 2008

Taxpayers Paid Millions to Design a Low-Cost Ventilator for a Pandemic. Instead, the Company Is Selling Versions of It Overseas.

by Patricia Callahan, Sebastian Rotella and Tim Golden,

He Was Ordered to Self-Isolate. He Didn’t. Now He’s Facing Criminal Charges.

by Jodi S. Cohen,

Life on a Block With an Emergency Morgue Truck: “We Hear the Hum of the Refrigerator Going All Night Long”

by Annie Waldman,

“Now I Can Afford My Meds.” After Months of Appeals, Retiree’s Medicaid Benefits Are Restored.

by Akilah Johnson,

The Chicago Housing Authority Was Slow to Protect Residents During the Coronavirus Outbreak

by Mick Dumke,

What We Know — and Don’t Know — About Possible Coronavirus Treatments Promoted by Trump

by Charles Ornstein,

Expired Respirators. Reused Masks. Nurses in the Nation’s Original Covid-19 Epicenter Offer Sobering Accounts of What Could Come.

by Ken Armstrong and Vianna Davila,

What Happens If Workers Cutting Up the Nation’s Meat Get Sick?

by Michael Grabell,

This VA Hospital Cited “Misleading” Data to Restrict Mask Use for Health Care Workers

by Bryant Furlow, New Mexico In Depth, and Maya Miller, ProPublica,

The Trump Administration Is Leaving the Nation’s Emergency Backup Hospital System on the Sidelines

by Isaac Arnsdorf,

They Didn’t Have Coronavirus Symptoms Until After They Gave Birth. Then They Tested Positive.

by Nina Martin,

Not All Schools Can #KeepLearning

by Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune, and Jodi S. Cohen and Haru Coryne, ProPublica Illinois,

When the State Shifted to E-learning, This Rural School Superintendent Shifted to the Copy Machine

by Jodi S. Cohen,

In a 10-Day Span, ICE Flew This Detainee Across the Country — Nine Times

by Yeganeh Torbati, Dara Lind and Jack Gillum,

People With Intellectual Disabilities May Be Denied Lifesaving Care Under These Plans as Coronavirus Spreads

by Amy Silverman, Arizona Daily Star,

Medical Workers Treating Coronavirus Are Resorting to Homemade Masks

by Tony Schick and Conrad Wilson, OPB,

As Coronavirus Infections Spread, So Have Clashes Between ICE Detainees and Guards

by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune, and Perla Trevizo, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune,

Republican Billionaire’s Group Pushes Unproven COVID-19 Treatment Trump Promoted

by Jake Pearson,

Coronavirus Hospitalization Numbers Are Spotty. Journalists, Help Us Fill in the Gaps.

by Charles Ornstein,

Internal Emails Show How Chaos at the CDC Slowed the Early Response to Coronavirus

by Caroline Chen, Marshall Allen and Lexi Churchill,

“Our Goal Should Be to Crush the Curve”

by Richard Tofel,

Desperate Hospitals May Put Two Patients on One Ventilator. That’s Risky.

by Ryan Gabrielson and Kyle Edwards,

How China Built a Twitter Propaganda Machine Then Let It Loose on Coronavirus

by Jeff Kao, ProPublica and Mia Shuang Li for ProPublica,

The VA Will Now Let Some Administrative Staff Work From Home

by Bryant Furlow, New Mexico In Depth,

Your Neighborhood Might Be a Coronavirus Hot Spot, but New York City Refuses to Release the Data

by Justin Elliott, Annie Waldman, Joshua Kaplan and Sean Campbell,

The Defense Production Act Gives the President Power — but Not Much Funding

by Isaac Arnsdorf,

Obreros “esenciales” de fábricas temen ir al trabajo y no pueden permitirse quedarse en casa

por Melissa Sanchez,

Medicaid Abruptly Canceled Her Health Insurance. Then Came the Coronavirus.

by Akilah Johnson,

Even After Trump Declared a National Emergency, Some Talk Radio Hosts Weren’t Convinced

by Jack Gillum and Derek Willis,

Governments Are Telling Americans to Stay at Home. But Thousands of People Don’t Have One.

by Vianna Davila,

Un empleado de servicios médicos describe las terribles consecuencias de la insuficiencia pulmonar causada por el COVID-19, incluso en sus pacientes jóvenes

por Lizzie Presser,

Doctors Are Hoarding Unproven Coronavirus Medicine by Writing Prescriptions for Themselves and Their Families

by Topher Sanders, David Armstrong and Ava Kofman,

“Essential” Factory Workers Are Afraid to Go to Work and Can’t Afford to Stay Home

by Melissa Sanchez,

Renters Became Homeless During the Coronavirus Pandemic After Housing Authorities Delayed Paperwork

by Katy Reckdahl for ProPublica,

Voting by Mail Would Reduce Coronavirus Transmission but It Has Other Risks

by Jessica Huseman,

ICE Detainee Says Migrants Are Going on a Hunger Strike for Soap

by Dara Lind,

The Coronavirus Testing Paradox

by Stephen Engelberg,

Aumentarán la violencia intrafamiliar y el abuso infantil durante las cuarentenas. También empeorará la negligencia contra las personas en riesgo, informan trabajadores sociales.

por Joaquin Sapien, Ginger Thompson, Beena Raghavendran y Megan Rose,

We’re Making Public Records Requests to Help Us Cover the Coronavirus. Tell Us What We Should Be Asking For.

by Kirsten Berg,

Lo que significa el coronavirus para un embarazo, y otras cosas que deben saber las madres embarazadas y nuevas

por Nina Martin,

ICE ha fallado constantemente en contener enfermedades contagiosas, según nuestros análisis. Es un peligro para el público.

por J. David McSwane,

Fatal Coronavirus Outbreak at Assisted Living Center Is Grim Reminder That Both Residents and Staff Are at Risk

by Carol Marbin Miller and Bailey Lefever, Miami Herald,

Lupus Patients Can’t Get Crucial Medication After President Trump Pushes Unproven Coronavirus Treatment

by Charles Ornstein,

Remote Alaska Villages Isolate Themselves Further in Effort to Shield Against Coronavirus

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News,

Domestic Violence and Child Abuse Will Rise During Quarantines. So Will Neglect of At-Risk People, Social Workers Say.

by Joaquin Sapien, Ginger Thompson, Beena Raghavendran and Megan Rose,

A Medical Worker Describes Terrifying Lung Failure From COVID-19 — Even in His Young Patients

by Lizzie Presser,

Immigration Courts Are Telling Employees to Come to Work — Ignoring Health Risks and Local Shelter-in-Place Orders

by Dara Lind,

The White House Asked Manufacturers for Help, Then Gave Them No Clear Instructions

by Yeganeh Torbati,

The Veterans Health Administration Has Banned Even Administrative Employees From Working From Home

by Bryant Furlow, New Mexico In Depth,

We Tracked the Last Time the Government Bailed Out the Economy. Here’s What to Know About the $1 Trillion Coronavirus Plan.

by Michael Grabell and Paul Kiel,