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923 stories published since 2008

The Most Important Abortion Case You Never Heard About

by Nina Martin,

The DIY Scientist, the Olympian, and the Mutated Gene

David Epstein,

Methodology: How We Analyzed Privacy Violation Data

by Charles Ornstein and Annie Waldman,

New Jersey Psychology Practice Revealed Patients’ Mental Disorders in Debt Lawsuits

by Charles Ornstein,

How Some Alabama Hospitals Quietly Drug Test New Mothers — Without Their Consent

by Nina Martin,

Take a Valium, Lose Your Kid, Go to Jail

Nina Martin,

Insurance Lobby That Fought Hillarycare and Obamacare Now Has Sturdy Bridges to Democrats

by Alec MacGillis,

Making the Cut: Why Choosing the Right Surgeon Matters Even More Than You Know

Marshall Allen and Olga Pierce,

U.S. Bishops Take Aim at Sterilization

by Nina Martin,

This Alabama Judge Has Figured Out How to Dismantle Roe v. Wade

Nina Martin,

The Personhood Movement

Nina Martin,

One Drug. Two Prices. A Reporter Struggles to Find Out the Cost of His Son’s Prescription

by Charles Ornstein,

Judge Throws Out Murder Charge in Mississippi Fetal Harm Case

by Nina Martin,

A Stillborn Child, A Charge of Murder and the Disputed Case Law on 'Fetal Harm'

by Nina Martin,

Why Hospitals Are Failing Civilians Who Get PTSD

by Lois Beckett,

Obamacare Q&A: Fears of a Premium 'Death Spiral' Overstated

by Charles Ornstein,

For Uninsured Missouri Reporter, Obamacare Is a Real-Life Story

by Charles Ornstein,

At a Catholic Hospital, a Dispute Over What a Doctor Can Do – and Say

by Nina Martin,

Health Policy Canceled? What We Know and Don’t Know

by Charles Ornstein,

California Poised to Broaden Access to Abortions

by Nina Martin,

FAQ: What You Need to Know About Prescriber Checkup

by ProPublica,

As Health Care Vote Nears, Another Troubling Insurance Story

by Marian Wang,

Crystal Marshall, 17

by Christina Jewett and Robin Fields,

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Sharon Lerner

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Andy Kroll

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Melissa Sanchez

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    Rx Roulette

    FDA Layoffs Could Compromise Safety of Medications Made at Foreign Factories, Inspectors Say

    Beyond staff cuts, the departures of some longtime investigators in recent months have left less experienced people tasked with rooting out dangerous manufacturing practices.

    by Victoria Malis, Katherine Dailey and Sadie Leite, Medill Investigative Lab, and Debbie Cenziper and Megan Rose, ProPublica,

    Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

    A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirements, experts say.

    by Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan and Alex Mierjeski,

    A Doctor Challenged the Opinion of a Powerful Child Abuse Specialist. Then He Lost His Job.

    A Minneapolis pediatrician said he felt pressured to “fall in line” with child abuse specialist Dr. Nancy Harper and her team. Then he was given a choice: resign or be fired.

    by Jessica Lussenhop, and photography by Sarahbeth Maney,

    This Doctor Specializes in Diagnosing Child Abuse. Some of Her Conclusions Have Been Called Into Question.

    Dr. Nancy Harper is a leading child abuse pediatrician who testifies in trials across the Midwest. She’s claimed to have never incorrectly diagnosed a shaken baby syndrome case, but some judges and juries seem to disagree.

    by Jessica Lussenhop, and photography by Sarahbeth Maney,

    Life of the Mother

    A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage

    A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.

    by Kavitha Surana, Lizzie Presser and Andrea Suozzo,