Investigative Reporting on Health Care

Rotoscoped ink on paper drawing of a Black man boarding a bus.

How COVID-19 Hollowed Out a Generation of Young Black Men

by Akilah Johnson and Nina Martin,

Dec. 22, 2020, 5:30 a.m. EST

State Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr. receiving a vaccination at the Doctors Hospital at Renaissance’s conference center in Edinburg, Texas, on Saturday.

Rio Grande Hospital Workers Turned Down the Vaccine. A Senator and a Sheriff’s Deputy Lined Up Instead.

by Vianna Davila, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune, and Karen Brooks Harper, The Texas Tribune,

Dec. 21, 2020, 2:15 p.m. CST

Restrictions on the South Texas Border Were Meant to Protect People From COVID-19. Then the Handcuffs Came Out.

by Vianna Davila and Ren Larson,

Dec. 19, 2020, 5 a.m. CST

Only Seven of Stanford’s First 5,000 Vaccines Were Designated for Medical Residents

by Caroline Chen,

Dec. 18, 2020, 4:23 p.m. EST

Vaccinating Black Americans Is Essential. Key States Aren’t Doing the Work to Combat Hesitancy

by Caroline Chen, Ryan Gabrielson and Topher Sanders,

Dec. 18, 2020, 5:30 a.m. EST

The Family Court Judge Who Threatened a Mother With Contempt of Court for Getting Her Child a COVID-19 Test

by Marshall Allen, ProPublica, and Rachel Dissell for ProPublica,

Dec. 18, 2020, 5 a.m. EST

For Years, JaMarcus Crews Tried to Get a New Kidney, but Corporate Healthcare Stood in the Way

by Lizzie Presser,

Dec. 15, 2020, 5 a.m. EST

Nonprofit Hospital Almost Never Gave Discounts to Poor Patients During Collections, Documents Show

by Wendi C. Thomas, MLK50: Justice Through Journalism,

Dec. 4, 2020, 1:30 p.m. EST

“We Don’t Even Know Who Is Dead or Alive”: Trapped Inside an Assisted Living Facility During the Pandemic

by Ava Kofman,

Nov. 30, 2020, 6 a.m. EST

Rapid Testing Is Less Accurate Than the Government Wants to Admit

by Lisa Song,

Nov. 16, 2020, 5 a.m. EST

The Enraging Deja Vu of a Third Coronavirus Wave

by Caroline Chen,

Nov. 13, 2020, 5 a.m. EST

Most States Aren’t Ready to Distribute the Leading COVID-19 Vaccine

by Isaac Arnsdorf, Ryan Gabrielson and Caroline Chen,

Nov. 10, 2020, 2:42 p.m. EST

Leader of Newark Beth Israel’s Troubled Heart Transplant Program Departs

by Caroline Chen,

Oct. 30, 2020, 4:15 p.m. EDT

The Questionable Line Items of Illinois’ COVID-19 Spending

by Ash Ngu,

Oct. 29, 2020, 5 a.m. EDT

Not Mentioned in Cuomo’s Coronavirus Book: How Many Nursing Home Residents Died in New York

by Joe Sexton,

Oct. 23, 2020, 10:25 a.m. EDT

“Trumpcare” Does Not Exist. Nevertheless Facebook and Google Cash In on Misleading Ads for “Garbage” Health Insurance.

by Jeremy B. Merrill for ProPublica and Marshall Allen, ProPublica,

Oct. 20, 2020, 5 a.m. EDT

Dr. Foluso Fakorede speaks with a patient.

New Bill Aims to End Racial Disparities in Amputations

by Lizzie Presser,

Oct. 19, 2020, 5:30 a.m. EDT

Who Decides When Vaccine Studies Are Done? Internal Documents Show Fauci Plays a Key Role.

by Isaac Arnsdorf, Caroline Chen and Ryan Gabrielson,

Oct. 16, 2020, 11:15 a.m. EDT

Inside the Fall of the CDC

by James Bandler, Patricia Callahan, Sebastian Rotella and Kirsten Berg,

Oct. 15, 2020, 1:12 p.m. EDT

A Hospital Chain Said Our Article Was Inaccurate. It’s Not.

by Peter Elkind,

Oct. 12, 2020, 2:19 p.m. EDT

What’s It Like to Be a Contact Tracer? We Spoke With 3 to Find Out.

by Logan Jaffe,

Oct. 1, 2020, 5 a.m. EDT

How to Tell a Political Stunt From a Real Vaccine

by Caroline Chen, Isaac Arnsdorf and Ryan Gabrielson,

Sept. 26, 2020, 5 a.m. EDT

The COVID-19 Charmer: How a Self-Described Felon Convinced Elected Officials to Try to Help Him Profit From the Pandemic

by Vianna Davila, Jeremy Schwartz and Lexi Churchill,

Sept. 25, 2020, 10:30 a.m. CDT

He Wanted to Fix Rural America’s Broken Nursing Homes. Now, Taxpayers May Be on the Hook for $76 Million.

by Max Blau for Georgia Health News,

Sept. 22, 2020, 5 a.m. EDT

Correos electrónicos muestran que la industria empacadora de carnes redactó el borrador de una orden ejecutiva para que las plantas permanecieran abiertas

por Michael Grabell y Bernice Yeung,

Sept. 21, 2020, 10:32 a.m. EDT

Foreign Masks, Fear and a Fake Certification: Staff at CSL Plasma Say Conditions at Donation Centers Aren’t Safe

by J. David McSwane,

Sept. 21, 2020, 6 a.m. EDT

Help Us Report on COVID-19 Vaccines

by Caroline Chen, Ryan Gabrielson and Isaac Arnsdorf,

Sept. 17, 2020, 1:04 p.m. EDT

Emails Show the Meatpacking Industry Drafted an Executive Order to Keep Plants Open

by Michael Grabell and Bernice Yeung,

Sept. 14, 2020, 2:43 p.m. EDT

The Hospital System Sent Patients With Coronavirus Home to Die. Louisiana Legislators Are Demanding an Investigation.

by Annie Waldman and Joshua Kaplan,

Sept. 14, 2020, 11:26 a.m. EDT

New Research Shows Disproportionate Rate of Coronavirus Deaths in Polluted Areas

by Lylla Younes, ProPublica, and Sara Sneath,

Sept. 11, 2020, 6 a.m. EDT

La empresa prestamista que demandó a miles de latinos de bajos ingresos durante la pandemia

por Kiah Collier, Ren Larson y Perla Trevizo,

Sept. 10, 2020, 9:50 a.m. CDT

Cómo determinamos cuántas demandas de cobranza de adeudos presentó Oportun Inc. durante la pandemia

por Ren Larson y Kiah Collier,

Sept. 9, 2020, 11:09 a.m. CDT

A Doctor Went to His Own Employer for a COVID-19 Antibody Test. It Cost $10,984.

by Marshall Allen,

Sept. 5, 2020, 5 a.m. CDT

America Doesn’t Have a Coherent Strategy for Asymptomatic Testing. It Needs One.

by Caroline Chen,

Sept. 1, 2020, 1:52 p.m. EDT

How We Found Out How Many Debt Collection Lawsuits Oportun Inc. Filed During the Pandemic

by Ren Larson and Kiah Collier,

Aug. 31, 2020, 2:30 p.m. CDT

The Loan Company That Sued Thousands of Low-Income Latinos During the Pandemic

by Kiah Collier, Ren Larson and Perla Trevizo,

Aug. 31, 2020, 2:30 p.m. CDT

Black Diabetics Lose Limbs at Triple the Rate of Others. Here’s How Health Care Leaders Are Starting to Act.

by Lizzie Presser,

Aug. 27, 2020, 5 a.m. EDT

Federal Investigation Finds Hospital Violated Patients’ Rights by Profiling, Separating Native Mothers and Newborns

by Bryant Furlow, New Mexico In Depth,

Aug. 22, 2020, 5 a.m. EDT

Near Misses at UNC Chapel Hill’s High-Security Lab Illustrate Risk of Accidents With Coronaviruses

by Alison Young and Jessica Blake for ProPublica,

Aug. 17, 2020, 1:56 p.m. EDT

Here Are Six Accidents UNC Researchers Had With Lab-Created Coronaviruses

by Alison Young and Jessica Blake for ProPublica,

Aug. 17, 2020, 1:55 p.m. EDT

CareOne Nursing Homes Said They Could Safely Take More COVID-19 Patients. But Death Rates Soared.

by Sean Campbell, Hannah Fresques and Benjamin Hardy,

Aug. 13, 2020, 1:10 p.m. EDT

How We Analyzed Data on Nursing Home Outbreaks

by Hannah Fresques and Sean Campbell,

Aug. 13, 2020, 1:09 p.m. EDT

Local Officials Say a Nursing Home Dumped Residents to Die at Hospitals

by Joe Sexton and Joaquin Sapien,

Aug. 11, 2020, 5 a.m. EDT

The White House Paid Up to $500 Million Too Much for These Ventilators, Congressional Investigators Say

by Patricia Callahan and Sebastian Rotella,

Aug. 7, 2020, 3:40 p.m. EDT

Cannabis, Lies and Foreign Cash: A Mother and Daughter’s Journey Through the Underground Mask Trade

by J. David McSwane,

Aug. 3, 2020, 5 a.m. EDT

Nobody Accurately Tracks Health Care Workers Lost to COVID-19. So She Stays Up At Night Cataloging the Dead.

by Nina Martin,

Aug. 2, 2020, 5 a.m. EDT

How a $175 COVID-19 Test Led to $2,479 in Charges

by Marshall Allen,

Aug. 1, 2020, 5 a.m. EDT

How Many People in the U.S. Are Hospitalized With COVID-19? Who Knows?

by Charles Ornstein,

July 31, 2020, 2:15 p.m. EDT

El COVID-19 golpea Texas y los hispanos son quienes más mueren

por Perla Trevizo, ProPublica y The Texas Tribune y Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News,

July 31, 2020, 11 a.m. CDT

“It Cost Me Everything”: In Texas, COVID-19 Takes a Devastating Toll on Hispanic Residents

by Perla Trevizo, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune, and Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News,

July 30, 2020, 5 a.m. CDT