January 2014 Archive
Four Questionable Claims Obama Has Made on NSA Surveillance
President Obama, who delivered a speech on surveillance policy today, has made a series of misleading statements about the NSA.
Over-The-Counter Pills Left Out of FDA Acetaminophen Limits
Federal drug regulators are moving to enforce a ban on prescription drugs with more than 325 milligrams of acetaminophen. But you’ll still be able to buy pills that contain up to twice that dose over-the-counter at the gas station or grocery store.
Privacy Tools: How to Safely Browse the Web
It’s not easy to keep your data private while surfing the Internet, but here are a few tools that can help.
Help Support ProPublica’s Newsroom by Sharing Our Stories
For every ProPublica story you share, The Woolley Fund will make a donation to support our newsroom.
Obamacare: A Midterm Report Card
The Obama administration has released enrollment statistics for the first three months. There’s much we now know, but even more that we don’t.
No Easy Definition for 'Abusive' Prescribing
As Medicare considers banning doctors who pose a “threat to the health or safety” of patients, it plans to consider an array of factors.
Journalists: Send ProPublica Your Redaction Classics
The Obama administration’s take on transparency can be rather opaque. Send us your most memorable FOIA documents for our Redaction Classics collection.
Guarded Optimism
After years of frustration and delay, some hope in the fight against sex abuse in the nation’s juvenile jails.
Big Data + Big Pharma = Big Money
New disclosures from data broker IMS Health reveal how much pharmaceutical firms will pay to know what your doctor is prescribing.
Ten Patient Stories: When Attorneys Refused My Medical Malpractice Case
Dozens of readers responded to our post about Ernie Ciccotelli, who couldn’t get a lawyer to pursue his claim for damages from a life-threatening infection he acquired in the hospital.
Amid Abortion Debate, the Pursuit of Science
As the long, angry fight over abortion roars on, Tracy Weitz, a researcher in California, has quietly worked to gather reliable facts about the procedure and the women who choose to have it. A ProPublica Q & A.
In A Major Shift, Medicare Wants Power to Ban Harmful Prescribers
Action follows ProPublica’s investigative series detailing inappropriate and wasteful prescribing, fraud in the nation’s biggest prescription drug program.
Patient Harm: When An Attorney Won’t Take Your Case
Studies show that nine of 10 patients seeking a medical malpractice attorney won’t find one — women, children and the elderly in particular.
2013: The Year of the Intern?
Despite key court ruling and an upswing in legal challenges, many internship issues remain unresolved
