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Pulling Back the Curtain on the Health Industry and Regulation

853 stories published since 2008

How Missouri Helps Abortion Opponents Divert State Taxes to Crisis Pregnancy Centers

by Jeremy Kohler,

New Documents Show How Drug Companies Targeted Doctors to Increase Opioid Prescriptions

by Charles Ornstein,

The State Behind Roe’s Likely Demise Also Does the Least for New Parents in Need

by Sarah Smith,

What You Need to Know When You Give Birth in a Country With Rising Maternal Mortality Rates

by Adriana Gallardo,

Draft Overturning Roe v. Wade Quotes Infamous Witch Trial Judge With Long-Discredited Ideas on Rape

by Ken Armstrong,

In a Post-Roe America, Expect More Births in a Country Where Maternal Mortality Continues to Rise

by Robin Fields and Adriana Gallardo,

“This Was Not a Surprise”: How the Pro-Choice Movement Lost the Battle for Roe

by Alexandra Zayas,

Vaccine Medical Exemptions Are Rare. Thousands of Nursing Home Workers Have Them.

by Emily Hopkins and Andrea Suozzo,

Look Up Nursing Home Staff COVID-19 Vaccination Rates

by Ruth Talbot,

Tell Us About Your Experience With the Organ Transplant System

by Max Blau,

New York Increases Funding of Mental Health Care for Kids, Including Cash Governor Says Will Reopen Hospital Beds

by Abigail Kramer, THE CITY,

New York State Failed to Provide Legally Required Mental Health Care to Kids, Lawsuit Claims

by Abigail Kramer, THE CITY,

Cuomo Set Out to “Transform” Mental Health Care for Kids. Now They Can’t Get Treatment.

by Abigail Kramer, THE CITY, photography by Sarah Blesener for ProPublica,

Congress Opens Investigation Into FDA’s Handling of a Problematic Heart Device

by Neil Bedi,

Lawmakers Approve Payments to Parents of Children Who Died of Catastrophic Brain Injuries

by Carol Marbin Miller and Daniel Chang, Miami Herald,

A High-Risk Medical Device Didn’t Meet Federal Standards. The Government Paid Millions for More.

by Neil Bedi,

Accused of Refusing Aid to Disabled Kids, a State Agency Responded — by Hiring a PR Firm

by Carol Marbin Miller and Daniel Chang, Miami Herald,

They Were the Pandemic’s Perfect Victims

by Duaa Eldeib,

This Scientist Created a Rapid Test Just Weeks Into the Pandemic. Here’s Why You Still Can’t Get It.

by Lydia DePillis,

“Get This Thing Out of My Chest”

by Neil Bedi and Maryam Jameel,

At Last, Florida Families Hit Hard by Their Children’s Birth Injuries Are Promised More Help

by Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald,

One Major Reason the U.S. Hasn’t Stopped Syphilis From Killing Babies

by Caroline Chen,

St. Jude Hoards Billions While Many of Its Families Drain Their Savings

by David Armstrong and Ryan Gabrielson,

Here’s Why Rapid COVID Tests Are So Expensive and Hard to Find

by Lydia DePillis and Eric Umansky,

Babies Are Dying of Syphilis. It’s 100% Preventable.

by Caroline Chen, photography by Talia Herman, special to ProPublica,

Florida Program to Aid Brain-Damaged Kids Often Told Families No. It’s Promising to Change.

by Carol Marbin Miller and Daniel Chang, Miami Herald,

“These Findings Boggle My Mind”: Audit Rips Apart Florida Program Created to Aid Brain-Damaged Kids

by Carol Marbin Miller and Daniel Chang, Miami Herald,

After 33 Years, Parents of Brain-Damaged Kids Get to Express Disgust With Florida Program

by Carol Marbin Miller and Daniel Chang, Miami Herald,

The Director of Florida’s Program for Brain Damaged Infants Has Resigned

by Carol Marbin Miller and Daniel Chang, Miami Herald,

A Boy Went to a COVID-Swamped ER. He Waited for Hours. Then His Appendix Burst.

by Jenny Deam,

Audit Confirms That a Program for Brain-Damaged Kids Arbitrarily Denied Claims and Overspent on Perks

by Carol Marbin Miller and Daniel Chang, Miami Herald,

Making Life-or-Death Health Care Decisions

by Karim Doumar,

Tell Us About Your Experience With Life-Sustaining Medical Devices

by Neil Bedi, Maryam Jameel and Maya Miller,

Thousands of Patients Were Implanted With Heart Pumps That the FDA Knew Could Be Dangerous

by Neil Bedi,

We Are Releasing the Full Video of Richard Sackler’s Testimony About Purdue Pharma and the Opioid Crisis

by David Armstrong,

Future of Program for Brain-Damaged Children Now Rests With Powerful Florida Official

by Carol Marbin Miller and Daniel Chang, Miami Herald,

“Don’t You Work With Old People?”: Many Elder-Care Workers Still Refuse to Get COVID-19 Vaccine

by Jenny Deam, Ryan Gabrielson and Bianca Fortis,

To Get a Shot at Justice, They Were Forced to Prove Their Disabled Daughter’s Intelligence

by Carol Marbin Miller and Daniel Chang, Miami Herald,

Florida Governor Signs Law Reforming Program for Brain-Damaged Infants

by Carol Marbin Miller and Daniel Chang, Miami Herald,

A Program Promised to Pay for Brain-Damaged Infants’ Care. Then It Sent Families to Medicaid Instead.

by Daniel Chang and Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald,

He Bought Health Insurance for Emergencies. Then He Fell Into a $33,601 Trap.

by Jenny Deam,

Florida Program to Aid Brain-Damaged Infants Publicly Embraces Reforms It Once Fought

by Carol Marbin Miller and Daniel Chang, Miami Herald,

A Crisis of Undiagnosed Cancers Is Emerging in the Pandemic’s Second Year

by Duaa Eldeib, video by Alex Garcia, special to ProPublica,

Florida Lawmakers Send Lifeline to Families With Brain-Damaged Children

by Daniel Chang and Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald,

Counties at Highest Risk for COVID Harm Often Have Lowest Vaccination Rates

by Ryan Gabrielson,

Parents Want Justice for Birth Injuries. Hospitals Want to Strip Them of the Right to Make That Decision.

by Carol Marbin Miller and Daniel Chang, Miami Herald,

Florida Lawmakers Endorse Wide-Ranging Reforms in Program to Aid Brain-Damaged Babies

by Carol Marbin Miller, Daniel Chang and Mary Ellen Klas, Miami Herald,

A Tiny Number of People Will Be Hospitalized Despite Being Vaccinated. We Have to Learn Why.

by Caroline Chen,

“We Are Not Here or Funded to ‘Promote the Best Interest’ of the Children,” Wrote the Head of a Program for Brain-Damaged Infants

by Daniel Chang and Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald,

Florida Plans Audit of Program That Blocks Parents of Brain-Damaged Newborns From Suing

by Carol Marbin Miller and Daniel Chang, Miami Herald,