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A Timeline of Failed Efforts to Reform Idaho’s Coroner System

by Audrey Dutton,

For Decades, Calls for Reform to Idaho’s Troubled Coroner System Have Gone Unanswered

by Audrey Dutton,

Maine Proposes Major Staffing Increases for Assisted Living and Residential Care Facilities

Rose Lundy, The Maine Monitor,

A Third Woman Died Under Texas’ Abortion Ban. Doctors Are Avoiding D&Cs and Reaching for Riskier Miscarriage Treatments.

by Lizzie Presser and Kavitha Surana,

How Lincare Cashed In on the Disastrous Recall of Philips Breathing Machines — at the Expense of Patients

by Peter Elkind,

Georgia Dismissed All Members of Maternal Mortality Committee After ProPublica Obtained Internal Details of Two Deaths

by Amy Yurkanin,

Texas Lawmakers Push for New Exceptions to State’s Strict Abortion Ban After the Deaths of Two Women

by Cassandra Jaramillo, Kavitha Surana, Lizzie Presser and Ziva Branstetter,

How UnitedHealth’s Playbook for Limiting Mental Health Coverage Puts Countless Americans’ Treatment at Risk

by Annie Waldman,

State Regulators Know Health Insurance Directories Are Full of Wrong Information. They’re Doing Little to Fix It.

by Max Blau,

How Lincare Became a Multibillion-Dollar Medicare Scofflaw

by Peter Elkind,

An Idaho Baby’s Unexplained Death Got No Autopsy and a Scant Coroner’s Investigation. State Law Says That’s Fine.

by Audrey Dutton, photography by Natalie Behring for ProPublica,

ProPublica’s Coverage of the Election Issues That Matter to Voters

by ProPublica,

Una mujer de Texas murió después de que el hospital dijera que sería un “delito” intervenir en su aborto espontáneo

por Cassandra Jaramillo y Kavitha Surana,

A Pregnant Teenager Died After Trying to Get Care in Three Visits to Texas Emergency Rooms

by Lizzie Presser and Kavitha Surana,

A Woman Died After Being Told It Would Be a “Crime” to Intervene in Her Miscarriage at a Texas Hospital

by Cassandra Jaramillo and Kavitha Surana,

¿Está atrapado en el atraso por la acumulación de solicitudes en Texas para tener Medicaid y cupones de alimentos? ¿Conoce a alguien en esta situación? Ayúdenos a informar.

por Jessica Priest y Lomi Kriel, ProPublica y The Texas Tribune, y Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune,

A pesar de las constantes advertencias, Texas se apresuró a despojar a millones de personas de Medicaid

por Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune, y Lomi Kriel, ProPublica y The Texas Tribune,

“Not Medically Necessary”: Inside the Company Helping America’s Biggest Health Insurers Deny Coverage for Care

by T. Christian Miller, ProPublica; Patrick Rucker, The Capitol Forum; and David Armstrong, ProPublica,

Opponents of Missouri Abortion Rights Amendment Turn to Anti-Trans Messaging and Misinformation

by Jeremy Kohler,

How We Report on Maternal Health — and How to Get in Touch With Our Team

by Alexandra Zayas,

Georgia Judge Lifts Six-Week Abortion Ban After Deaths of Two Women Who Couldn’t Access Care

by Ziva Branstetter,

A Hospital Kept a Brain-Damaged Patient on Life Support to Boost Statistics. His Sister Is Now Suing for Malpractice.

by Caroline Chen,

Caught in Texas’ Medicaid and Food Stamp Application Backlog? Know Someone Who Is? Help Us Report.

by Jessica Priest and Lomi Kriel, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune, and Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune,

Despite Persistent Warnings, Texas Rushed to Remove Millions From Medicaid. That Move Cost Eligible Residents Care.

by Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune, and Lomi Kriel, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune,

Did a Georgia Hospital Break Federal Law When It Failed to Save Amber Thurman? A Senate Committee Chair Wants Answers.

by Ziva Branstetter,

Afraid to Seek Care Amid Georgia’s Abortion Ban, She Stayed at Home and Died

by Kavitha Surana,

How Do Abortion Pills Work? Answers to Frequently Asked Questions.

by Ziva Branstetter,

Abortion Bans Have Delayed Emergency Medical Care. In Georgia, Experts Say This Mother’s Death Was Preventable.

by Kavitha Surana,

Arizona Cracked Down on Medicaid Fraud That Targeted Native Americans. It Left Patients Without Care.

by Hannah Bassett, Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting, and Mary Hudetz, ProPublica, photography by Adriana Zehbrauskas, special to ProPublica,

New Biden Administration Rules Aim to Hold Insurers Accountable for Mental Health Care Coverage

by Maya Miller and Annie Waldman,

“I Don’t Want to Die”: Needing Mental Health Care, He Got Trapped in His Insurer’s Ghost Network

by Max Blau, illustrations by Vanessa Saba, special to ProPublica,

Struggling to Find an In-Network Mental Health Provider? Here’s What You Can Do.

by Max Blau,

What Mental Health Care Protections Exist in Your State?

by Annie Waldman and Maya Miller,

Why It’s So Hard to Find a Therapist Who Takes Insurance

by Annie Waldman, Maya Miller, Duaa Eldeib and Max Blau, photography by Tony Luong, design by Zisiga Mukulu,

Missouri Outlawed Abortion, and Now It’s Funding an Anti-Abortion Group That Works in Other States

by Jeremy Kohler,

Utah Supreme Court Rules That Alleged Sexual Assault by a Doctor Is Not “Health Care”

by Jessica Schreifels, The Salt Lake Tribune,

Texas Sends Millions to Crisis Pregnancy Centers. It’s Meant to Help Needy Families, But No One Knows if It Works.

by Cassandra Jaramillo, Jeremy Kohler and Sophie Chou, ProPublica, and Jessica Kegu, CBS News,

The Failure to Track Data on Stillbirths Undermines Efforts to Prevent Them

by Irena Hwang, Sophie Chou and Duaa Eldeib,

Some Surprises in the No Surprises Act

by T. Christian Miller,

When Therapists Lose Their Licenses, Some Turn to the Unregulated Life Coaching Industry Instead

by Jessica Schreifels, The Salt Lake Tribune,

Bill to Fund Stillbirth Prevention and Research Passes Congress

by Duaa Eldeib,

This Mississippi Hospital Transfers Some Patients to Jail to Await Mental Health Treatment

by Isabelle Taft, Mississippi Today,

Maine’s Health Department Rarely Investigates When Residents Wander Away From Their Care Facilities

by Rose Lundy, The Maine Monitor,

Kristi Noem Said She Is Proud to “Support Babies, Moms, and Families.” Her Record Shows Otherwise, Critics Say.

by Jessica Lussenhop,

Mississippi Lawmakers Move to Limit the Jail Detentions of People Awaiting Mental Health Treatment

by Kate Royals, Mississippi Today,

Facing Unchecked Syphilis Outbreak, Great Plains Tribes Sought Federal Help. Months Later, No One Has Responded.

by Anna Maria Barry-Jester,

Transgender Care Coverage Policies in North Carolina and West Virginia Are Discriminatory, Court Rules

by Aliyya Swaby,

FDA Moves to Scrutinize Specialized Health Screenings

by Anna Clark,

Philips Agrees to Pay $1 Billion to Patients Who Say They Were Injured by Breathing Machines

by Debbie Cenziper, ProPublica; Michael D. Sallah, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; and Julian Andreone, Medill Investigative Lab,

A Doctor at Cigna Said Her Bosses Pressured Her to Review Patients’ Cases Too Quickly. Cigna Threatened to Fire Her.

by Patrick Rucker, The Capitol Forum, and David Armstrong, ProPublica,

What We’re Watching

During Donald Trump’s second presidency, ProPublica will focus on the areas most in need of scrutiny. Here are some of the issues our reporters will be watching — and how to get in touch with them securely.

Learn more about our reporting team. We will continue to share our areas of interest as the news develops.

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Sharon Lerner

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Andy Kroll

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Melissa Sanchez

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    Trump Administration Abandons Deal With Northwest Tribes to Restore Salmon

    The Trump administration canceled a deal, signed under President Joe Biden, that would have enabled the removal of four hydroelectric dams along the Columbia River that are considered harmful to salmon.

    by Tony Schick, Oregon Public Broadcasting,

    Local Reporting Network

    100 Students in a School Meant for 1,000: Inside Chicago’s Refusal to Deal With Its Nearly Empty Schools

    Declining school enrollment has left 30% of Chicago public schools at least half-empty. The city’s failure to address this problem has come at a high cost to the district — and its students.

    by Mila Koumpilova, Chalkbeat, and Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica,

    “Delay, Interfere, Undermine”

    President Donald Trump has praised Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele as a crime fighter, but new reporting based on interviews and documents reveals how senior Salvadoran officials have impeded a U.S. investigation of the MS-13 gang.

    by T. Christian Miller and Sebastian Rotella,

    “The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention

    One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating violent extremism.

    by Hannah Allam,

    Portland Said It Was Investing in Homeless People’s Safety. Deaths Have Quadrupled.

    The city responded to an increase in homeless deaths by intensifying encampment sweeps and adding emergency shelter at the expense of permanent housing. Experts say this has perpetuated the problem.

    by K. Rambo, Street Roots,

    Local Reporting Network