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Pulling Back the Curtain on the Health Industry and Regulation

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Not All Schools Can #KeepLearning

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

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

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

Medical Workers Treating Coronavirus Are Resorting to Homemade Masks

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

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

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

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

“Our Goal Should Be to Crush the Curve”

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

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

The VA Will Now Let Some Administrative Staff Work From Home

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Coronavirus Testing Paradox

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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