An 11-Day-Old Baby Couldn’t Stop Bleeding. For Hours, the ER Didn’t Provide a Critical Vitamin Shot.
As more parents reject a long-standard shot for babies, hospitals are seeing cases of vitamin K deficiency bleeding — once considered virtually eliminated. Doctors don’t always recognize or know how to treat the life-threatening condition.
6 Months Ago: Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
Watch: Where Do Our Generic Drugs Come From? We Dug to Find Out.
ProPublica spent 14 months investigating how the Food and Drug Administration regulates foreign drugmakers. We found a system that gives manufacturers a special pass to continue sending generic drugs from substandard factories to the U.S.
Firm Linked to Trump’s Sons Got Nearly $40 Million in Federal Contracts to Screen for Ebola and Other Diseases
XpresTest has years of experience conducting disease screening in U.S. airports but has never worked with Ebola or provided biosecurity services abroad. It’s “a new thing for us,” the company’s CEO said.
Lawyers in This State Are Allowed to Ghost Clients for Years. Why Don’t More Judges Stop Them?
In the year I spent examining Pennsylvania’s troubled legal system, I found that Superior Court judges have blasted lawyers for abandoning clients and judges for mishandling cases. One called a case an “embarrassing saga.”
Texas’ School Voucher Program Could Be “Unrecognizable, If Not Extinct,” Says Democratic Lawmaker
Democrats won back the Texas House for the first time in 24 years. Gov. Greg Abbott’s bullishness on vouchers turned off some Republican voters in rural communities that have historically been strongholds for his party, politicians said.
On the Ground in the Final Days Before Trump’s Midterm Debacle
From rallies in Ohio to a Pennsylvania voting site on Election Day, the tone had noticeably changed among voters in some of the regions that were crucial to electing Donald Trump.
Inside Trump’s Futile Hunt for Noncitizen Voters
Claiming that hundreds of thousands of noncitizens were voting illegally, Trump tasked agents who usually investigate cross-border crime with uncovering proof. We followed along to find out: How many of these voters could there actually be?
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In a country where baseball is king, a corrosive system preys on young players’ dreams of major league stardom and financial security.
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When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, doctors warned that women would die, but lawmakers who passed state abortion bans didn’t listen. The worst consequences are now becoming clear.
Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, raises questions about the role of abortion bans.
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
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