Health Care

Pulling Back the Curtain on the Health Industry and Regulation

1,050 stories published since 2008

Millions of Essential Workers Are Being Left Out of COVID-19 Workplace Safety Protections, Thanks to OSHA

by Michael Grabell, Bernice Yeung and Maryam Jameel

April 16, 2020, 7:52 pm EDT
Congress Is Investigating Whether a Ventilator Company Is Gouging the U.S. — and Why the Government Is Letting It Happen

by Patricia Callahan and Sebastian Rotella

April 16, 2020, 3:45 pm EDT
Despite Federal Ban, Landlords Are Still Moving to Evict People During the Pandemic

by Jeff Ernsthausen, Ellis Simani and Justin Elliott

April 16, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
The CDC and WHO Have Already Said Mosquitoes Don’t Spread Coronavirus. Now USDA Will Study It, Too.

by Yeganeh Torbati

April 15, 2020, 1:00 pm EDT
Al menos 37 menores en un albergue de Chicago para inmigrantes detenidos han dado positivo en pruebas de COVID-19

por Melissa Sanchez

April 15, 2020, 10:50 am EDT
Ventilators Aren’t Going to Cure COVID-19. Here’s What They Can Do.

by Caroline Chen

April 15, 2020, 6:30 am EDT
COVID-19 Put Her Husband in the ICU. She Had to Be Hospitalized Next. The State Demanded to Know: Who Would Care for Their Children?

by Topher Sanders and David Armstrong

April 15, 2020, 6:00 am EDT
There’s Been a Spike in People Dying at Home in Several Cities. That Suggests Coronavirus Deaths Are Higher Than Reported.

by Jack Gillum, Lisa Song and Jeff Kao

April 14, 2020, 3:15 pm EDT
She Came to New York to Help Fight COVID. She Walked Into a “War Movie.”

by ProPublica

April 14, 2020, 11:30 am EDT
Postal Workers Say USPS Isn’t Telling Them When Colleagues Test Positive for COVID-19, Despite Promising To

by Maryam Jameel

April 14, 2020, 10:40 am EDT
At Least 19 Children at a Chicago Shelter for Immigrant Detainees Have Tested Positive for COVID-19

by Melissa Sanchez

April 13, 2020, 5:29 pm EDT
Climate Change Won’t Stop for the Coronavirus Pandemic

by Abrahm Lustgarten

April 13, 2020, 2:00 pm EDT
Lessons Learned From Running ICUs in Disaster Zones

by Lydia DePillis

April 11, 2020, 10:59 am EDT
Coronavirus Tests Are Being Fast-Tracked by the FDA, but It’s Unclear How Accurate They Are.

by Lydia DePillis and Caroline Chen

April 10, 2020, 4:00 pm EDT
He Spent $500,000 to Buy Coronavirus Tests. Health Officials Say They’re Unreliable.

by Jeremy Schwartz

April 10, 2020, 3:30 pm EDT
The White House Pushed FEMA To Give its Biggest Coronavirus Contract to a Company That Never Had to Bid

by J. David McSwane and Yeganeh Torbati

April 10, 2020, 1:49 pm EDT
Medical Staffing Companies Owned by Rich Investors Cut Doctor Pay and Now Want Bailout Money

by Isaac Arnsdorf

April 10, 2020, 10:55 am EDT
Rationing Protective Gear Means Checking on Coronavirus Patients Less Often. This Can Be Deadly.

by Joshua Kaplan, Lizzie Presser and Maya Miller

April 10, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
Trump Removed the Head of the Coronavirus Bailout Oversight Board. Its Members Could Be Next.

by Isaac Arnsdorf

April 9, 2020, 1:27 pm EDT
Pharmacy Workers Are Coming Down With COVID-19. But They Can’t Afford to Stop Working.

by Ava Kofman

April 9, 2020, 11:55 am EDT
We Still Don’t Know How Many People Are in the Hospital With COVID-19

by Charles Ornstein

April 9, 2020, 6:00 am EDT
Inside the Union Where Coronavirus Put 98% of Members Out of Work

by James Bandler

April 9, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
A Company Promised Cheap Ventilators to the Government, Never Delivered and Is Now Charging Quadruple the Price for New Ones

by Patricia Callahan and Sebastian Rotella

April 8, 2020, 8:50 pm EDT
Democratic Senators Demand Answers on Trump’s Secretive Border Expulsions

by Dara Lind

April 8, 2020, 12:28 pm EDT
A School on Navajo Nation Stayed Open. Then People Started Showing Symptoms.

by Alden Woods, The Arizona Republic

April 7, 2020, 3:37 pm EDT
A Nurse Bought Protective Supplies for Her Colleagues Using GoFundMe. The Hospital Suspended Her.

by Marshall Allen

April 7, 2020, 11:06 am EDT
ER Staffing Company Reverses Benefits Cuts for Doctors and Nurses Fighting Coronavirus

by Isaac Arnsdorf

April 6, 2020, 2:56 pm EDT
How New York City’s Emergency Ventilator Stockpile Ended Up on the Auction Block

by Justin Elliott, Annie Waldman and Joshua Kaplan

April 6, 2020, 1:05 pm EDT
Cancer Surgeries and Organ Transplants Are Being Put Off for Coronavirus. Can They Wait?

by Joanne Lipman for ProPublica

April 6, 2020, 12:03 pm EDT
Who Has Emergency Authority Over Elections? Nobody’s Quite Sure.

by Jessica Huseman

April 6, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
“Dead on Arrival”: A N.Y. Fire Chief’s COVID Journal

by

April 5, 2020, 12:50 pm EDT
It’s Hardly Shocking the Navy Fired a Commander for Warning of Coronavirus Threat. It’s Part of a Pattern.

by T. Christian Miller and Megan Rose

April 4, 2020, 3:43 pm EDT
Overwhelmed Hospitals Face a New Crisis: Staffing Firms Are Cutting Their Doctors’ Hours and Pay

by Isaac Arnsdorf

April 3, 2020, 6:23 pm EDT
Along the Border, the Population Is High Risk for Coronavirus, but Testing Is In Short Supply

by Jeremy Schwartz and Lomi Kriel

April 3, 2020, 4:00 pm EDT
Early Data Shows African Americans Have Contracted and Died of Coronavirus at an Alarming Rate

by Akilah Johnson and Talia Buford

April 3, 2020, 1:21 pm EDT
How Tea Party Budget Battles Left the National Emergency Medical Stockpile Unprepared for Coronavirus

by Yeganeh Torbati and Isaac Arnsdorf

April 3, 2020, 10:42 am EDT
One Reason Caregivers Are Wearing Trash Bags: A U.S. Firm Had to Recall 9 Million Surgical Gowns

by David Armstrong and Topher Sanders

April 3, 2020, 10:08 am EDT
Rural Counties Consider an Alternative Type of Social Distancing — Kicking Chicago Out of Illinois

by Logan Jaffe and Duaa Eldeib

April 3, 2020, 6:00 am EDT
In This Remote Town, Spring Means Salmon — and Thousands of Fishermen From Coronavirus Hot Spots

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News

April 3, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
Leaked Border Patrol Memo Tells Agents to Send Migrants Back Immediately — Ignoring Asylum Law

by Dara Lind

April 2, 2020, 6:30 pm EDT
Meet the Pastors Holding In-Person Services During Coronavirus

by Kiah Collier, Vianna Davila and Perla Trevizo

April 2, 2020, 6:00 pm EDT
Trump Congratulates Businesses for Helping Fight Coronavirus. But His Own Company Has Been Absent.

by Peter Elkind

April 2, 2020, 2:00 pm EDT
In Desperation, New York State Pays Up to 15 Times the Normal Prices for Medical Equipment

by Lydia DePillis and Lisa Song

April 2, 2020, 1:20 pm EDT
Coronavirus in New York City: How Many Confirmed Cases Are Near Me?

by Lylla Younes and Al Shaw

April 2, 2020, 12:36 pm EDT
Los hospitales han dejado solos, confundidos y sin atención adecuada a muchos pacientes con COVID-19 que no hablan inglés

por Joshua Kaplan

April 2, 2020, 12:18 pm EDT
For Americans With Bills to Pay, Help Is on the Way. Sort Of.

by Paul Kiel and Jeff Ernsthausen

April 2, 2020, 10:55 am EDT
What We Need to Understand About Asymptomatic Carriers if We’re Going to Beat Coronavirus

by Caroline Chen

April 2, 2020, 6:00 am EDT
Now That Coronavirus Is Inside This Adult Home for the Elderly or Mentally Ill, It May Be Impossible to Stop

by Joaquin Sapien

April 2, 2020, 5:10 am EDT
Intellectual Disability Service Providers Want to Protect Clients. The State Isn’t Telling Them How.

by Amy Silverman, Arizona Daily Star

April 2, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
New York Wants Health Workers to Join the Fight Against COVID-19. Will It Pick Up Their Medical Bills if They Get Sick?

by Sean Campbell and Talia Buford

April 1, 2020, 6:43 pm EDT