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Pulling Back the Curtain on the Health Industry and Regulation

849 stories published since 2008

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

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

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

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

Look Up Nursing Home Staff COVID-19 Vaccination Rates

Tell Us About Your Experience With the Organ Transplant System

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

They Were the Pandemic’s Perfect Victims

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

“Get This Thing Out of My Chest”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Making Life-or-Death Health Care Decisions

Tell Us About Your Experience With Life-Sustaining Medical Devices

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

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

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

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

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

Florida Governor Signs Law Reforming Program for Brain-Damaged Infants

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

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

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

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

Florida Lawmakers Send Lifeline to Families With Brain-Damaged Children

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

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

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

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

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

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

She Can’t Sue Her Doctor Over Her Baby’s Death. When She Spoke Out, She Was Silenced Again.

When Births Go Horribly Wrong, Florida Protects Doctors and Forces Families to Pay the Price

The Broken Front Line

I Received Tips to Look Into How a Hospital Treated Premature Babies. Getting Data Was Nearly Impossible.