Despite Mining Disaster, Report Says Coal Giant Massey 'Has Not Changed' and Execs Stay on

The damning report raises continued concerns about the coal giant's safety practices, even after its "catastrophic systemic failure" in preventing last year's deadly accident.

Reports Detail More Drug Industry Ties to Medical Societies

Recommendations made by two medical societies give at least the appearance of a conflict of interest.

Supervisors and Sexual Harassment: The Law’s Murkier Than You Think

When something happens between a boss and an employee, where’s the line between harassment and a legitimate relationship?

Medical Schools Plug Holes in Conflict-of-Interest Policies

Reacting to ProPublica's Dollars for Docs coverage, Stanford and other schools discipline doctors, rewrite policies and increase scrutiny of drug-industry ties.

Forced Pooling: When Landowners Can't Say No to Drilling

Gas drillers are using a powerful legal tool to force reluctant landowners to cooperate.

At a Time of Needed Financial Overhaul, a Leadership Vacuum

PA Officials Issue Largest Fine Ever to Gas Driller

Chesapeake Energy is fined more than $1 million after contaminating water supplies in Bradford County.

Gas Drilling Companies Hold Data Needed by Researchers to Assess Risk to Water Quality

Drilling companies complain that a recent study that linked methane in water wells to gas drilling lacked critical data. Now it turns out that the industry has been collecting that type of data for years but hasn’t made it public.

The Basics Behind the Debt Limit Debate: More Partisan Than Practical?

Congress may be debating whether or not to raise the debt ceiling, but the debate raises a slew of other questions—not least of which is whether the debt ceiling is even necessary.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the Reach of Diplomatic Immunity

IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is accused of sexually assaulting a maid in a Manhattan hotel, but could his IMF job snag him a "Get Out of Jail Free" card?

Scientists Cast Doubt on TSA Tests of Full-Body Scanners

The Transportation Security Administration is confident that its full-body X-ray scanners are medically safe, but a group of scientists with expertise in cancer and radiation say the evidence made public to support those safety claims is unreliable.

Legal Services for Poor Face Growing Need and Less Funding

Providers of civil legal services to the poor are having to furlough their staff, triage their clients, and turn away more people in need as a result of federal and state budget cuts.

Cardiac Society Draws Bulk of Funding From Stent Makers

The Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions got more than half its income in 2009 from medical device and pharmaceutical makers. This week, a study in JAMA questioned why more patients who received angioplasty and stents didn't first receive recommended medications.

A Cheat Sheet for Former Sen. Ensign's Ethics Saga

The Senate Ethics Committee has referred Ensign’s case to the Justice Department, but whether the evidence uncovered results in anything more than embarrassment remains to be seen.