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878 stories published since 2008

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,

Now That Coronavirus Is Inside This Adult Home for the Elderly or Mentally Ill, It May Be Impossible to Stop

by Joaquin Sapien,

Intellectual Disability Service Providers Want to Protect Clients. The State Isn’t Telling Them How.

by Amy Silverman, Arizona Daily Star,

New York Wants Health Workers to Join the Fight Against COVID-19. Will It Pick Up Their Medical Bills if They Get Sick?

by Sean Campbell and Talia Buford,

¿Qué sucedería si se enferman los empleados que cortan las carnes del país?

por Michael Grabell,

“I’m Terrified”: Pregnant Health Care Workers at Risk for Coronavirus Are Being Forced to Keep Working

by Nina Martin and Bernice Yeung,

A Major Medical Staffing Company Just Slashed Benefits for Doctors and Nurses Fighting Coronavirus

by Isaac Arnsdorf,

Hospitals Have Left Many COVID-19 Patients Who Don’t Speak English Alone, Confused and Without Proper Care

by Joshua Kaplan,

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,