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Pulling Back the Curtain on the Health Industry and Regulation

871 stories published since 2008

They Warned OSHA They Were in “Imminent Danger” at the Meat Plant. Now They’re Suing the Agency.

by Bernice Yeung and Michael Grabell,

How to Understand COVID-19 Numbers

by Caroline Chen, graphics by Ash Ngu,

Hospitals Are Suddenly Short of Young Doctors — Because of Trump’s Visa Ban

by Dara Lind,

Out of View: After Public Outcry, CDC Adds Hospital Data Back to Its Website — for Now

by Charles Ornstein,

The Cuomo Administration Hasn’t Said Which Nursing Homes Were Infected With COVID-19 After Its Order Sent Positive Patients Into Them

by Joe Sexton and Joaquin Sapien,

Opioid Overdoses Keep Surging in Chicago, Killing Black People on the West Side

by Duaa Eldeib and Melissa Sanchez,

You Can Make Millions Selling Masks to the Government in Three Easy Steps

by J. David McSwane,

“All the Hospitals Are Full”: In Houston, Overwhelmed ICUs Leave COVID-19 Patients Waiting in ERs

by Charles Ornstein, ProPublica, and Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News,

Andrew Cuomo’s Report on Controversial Nursing Home Policy for COVID Patients Prompts More Controversy

by Joaquin Sapien and Joe Sexton,

One Federal Agency Was Suing Him for Fraud. Another Paid His Company Millions for Masks.

by J. David McSwane,

A Spike in People Dying at Home Suggests Coronavirus Deaths in Houston May Be Higher Than Reported

by Charles Ornstein, ProPublica, and Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News,

Internal Messages Reveal Crisis at Houston Hospitals as Coronavirus Cases Surge

by Charles Ornstein, ProPublica, and Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News,

An Employee at a Private Sports Club Owned by This Billionaire Governor Tested Positive for Coronavirus

by Ken Ward Jr.,

FEMA Ordered $10.2 Million in COVID-19 Testing Kits It’s Now Warning States Not to Use

by Ryan Gabrielson and J. David McSwane,

A Company Run by a White House “Volunteer” With No Experience in Medical Supplies Got $2.4 Million From the Feds for Medical Supplies

by Derek Willis and Yeganeh Torbati,

No, President Trump, Testing Is Not Causing Case Counts to Rise. The Virus Is Just Spreading Faster.

by Charles Ornstein and Ash Ngu,

The Indian Health Service Wants to Return 1 Million KN95 Masks It Bought From a Former White House Official

by Yeganeh Torbati,

He Removed Labels That Said “Medical Use Prohibited,” Then Tried to Sell Thousands of Masks to Officials Who Distribute to Hospitals

by J. David McSwane,

A Hospital Was Accused of Racially Profiling Native American Women. Staff Said Administrators Impeded an Investigation.

by Bryant Furlow, New Mexico In Depth,

Inside the Trump Administration’s Decision to Leave the World Health Organization

by Sebastian Rotella, James Bandler and Patricia Callahan,

“Alguien tiene que ayudarme”

por Thalia Beaty, Ryan Gabrielson, Nadia Sussman y Lucas Waldron,

The Prison Was Built to Hold 1,500 Inmates. It Had Over 2,000 Coronavirus Cases.

by Dara Lind,

The Trump Administration Paid Millions for Test Tubes — and Got Unusable Mini Soda Bottles

by J. David McSwane and Ryan Gabrielson,

“Fast-Tracking” a Coronavirus Vaccine Sounds Great. It’s Not That Simple.

by Caroline Chen,

How — and When — Can the Coronavirus Vaccine Become a Reality?

by Caroline Chen,

“Fire Through Dry Grass”: Andrew Cuomo Saw COVID-19’s Threat to Nursing Homes. Then He Risked Adding to It.

by Joaquin Sapien and Joe Sexton,

“Somebody’s Gotta Help Me”

by Thalia Beaty, Ryan Gabrielson, Nadia Sussman and Lucas Waldron,

How America’s Hospitals Survived the First Wave of the Coronavirus

by Charles Ornstein,

State Investigating Hospital With Coronavirus Policy That Profiled Pregnant Native American Mothers and Separated Them From Newborns

by Bryant Furlow, New Mexico In Depth,

A Hospital’s Secret Coronavirus Policy Separated Native American Mothers From Their Newborns

by Bryant Furlow, New Mexico In Depth,

Emails Reveal Chaos as Meatpacking Companies Fought Health Agencies Over COVID-19 Outbreaks in Their Plants

by Michael Grabell, Claire Perlman and Bernice Yeung,

How Rich Investors, Not Doctors, Profit From Marking Up ER Bills

by Isaac Arnsdorf,

Did Your Job Give You Masks or Other Protective Gear? Send Us a Picture.

by Derek Willis and Yeganeh Torbati,

Federal Agencies Have Spent Millions on KN95 Masks, Often Without Knowing Who Made Them

by Yeganeh Torbati and Derek Willis,

Advocates Sue Trump Administration Over Mass Border Expulsions

by Dara Lind,

On the Minds of Black Lives Matter Protesters: A Racist Health System

by Akilah Johnson,

Tear Gas Is Way More Dangerous Than Police Let On — Especially During the Coronavirus Pandemic

by Lisa Song,

These Hospitals Pinned Their Hopes on Private Management Companies. Now They’re Deeper in Debt.

by Brianna Bailey, The Frontier,

A masked woman walking in front of an employment agency in Berlin.

How Germany Saved Its Workforce From Unemployment While Spending Less Per Person Than the U.S.

by Alec MacGillis,

Overdose Deaths Have Skyrocketed in Chicago, and the Coronavirus Pandemic May Be Making It Worse

by Melissa Sanchez and Duaa Eldeib,

ProPublica Files Lawsuit Seeking Medical Stockpile Records From HHS

by Yeganeh Torbati,

Nursing Homes Fought Federal Emergency Plan Requirements for Years. Now, They’re Coronavirus Hot Spots.

by Bryant Furlow, New Mexico In Depth, Carli Brosseau, The News & Observer and Isaac Arnsdorf, ProPublica,

Hidden in the New House Coronavirus Relief Bill: Billions for Defense Contractors

by Jake Pearson,

House Democrats Demand Trump Administration Stop Rushing Through Deportations of Migrant Children

by Lomi Kriel,

Masks Sold by Former White House Official to Navajo Hospitals Don’t Meet FDA Standards

by Yeganeh Torbati and Derek Willis,

100,000 Lives Lost to COVID-19. What Did They Teach Us?

by Caroline Chen,

Coronavirus Contracts: Tracking Federal Purchases to Fight the Pandemic

by Moiz Syed and Derek Willis,

The Billionaire Governor Who’s Been Sued Dozens of Times for Millions in Unpaid Bills

by Ken Ward Jr., ProPublica, and Alex Mierjeski for ProPublica,

Bill Barr Promised to Release Prisoners Threatened by Coronavirus — Even as the Feds Secretly Made It Harder for Them to Get Out

by Ian MacDougall,

Nike Turned Away a Public Health Official From Its Warehouse Days After a Worker With COVID-19 Died

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