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What to Know About the Roiling Debate Over U.S. Maternal Mortality Rates
A new study challenged the accuracy of public health data on deaths related to pregnancy and childbirth — and the narrative of high and rising U.S. maternal mortality rates. An unusual public dispute has ensued.
The U.S. Government Defended the Overseas Business Interests of Baby Formula Makers. Kids Paid the Price.
Records and interviews show that the U.S. government repeatedly used its muscle to advance the interests of large baby formula companies while thwarting the efforts of Thailand and other developing countries to safeguard children’s health.
A Utah Cleft Palate Team Says Its Approach Is Innovative. Others See a Pattern of Unnecessary Surgeries on Children.
At Primary Children’s Hospital in Utah, pediatric surgeons are taking controversial risks with how they care for kids with cleft lip and palate. Outside doctors found that some parents weren’t told their child’s care was different from the norm.
Syphilis Is Killing Babies. The U.S. Government Is Failing to Stop the Disease From Spreading.
The only drug that treats syphilis during pregnancy is in short supply. Untreated, the disease can pass to newborns, killing them or leaving them with disabilities. As cases rise sharply, the government isn’t doing much to prevent shortages.
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Senate Veterans’ Affairs Chair Calls for More Mental Health Care Providers in Rural Areas
Citing ProPublica’s reporting on the barriers faced by veterans in crisis, Sen. Jon Tester asked VA Secretary Denis McDonough to increase the number of providers and ensure they are “in locations where veterans need them most.”
After Decades of Imprisoning Patients, Idaho Approves Secure Mental Health Facility
The Idaho Legislature has approved funding for a 26-bed facility after ProPublica found that state lawmakers and officials ignored repeated warnings about the practice of locking up mentally ill patients who hadn’t been convicted of a crime.
Michigan Lawmaker Introduces Bill Requiring State Health Plans to Cover Cutting-Edge Cancer Treatments
After ProPublica reported on a Michigan insurer that wouldn’t cover a cancer patient’s last-chance treatment, a state lawmaker introduced a measure compelling health plans to cover a new generation of advanced cancer therapies.
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Series: Veterans Without Assistance : Investigating Mental Health Care in the VA System
Series: Long-Term Challenge : Maine’s Lax Oversight of Residential Care Facilities
Series: With Every Breath : Millions of Breathing Machines. One Dangerous Defect
Series: Arterial Motives : The Big Business of Clogged Arteries
Series: The Hospice Hustle : How a Visionary Movement Became a Plaything for Profiteers
Series: Culture of Cruelty : Inside Illinois’ Mental Health System
Series: Stillbirths : When Babies Die Before Taking Their First Breath
Series: Crisis Point : How New York Wrecked Mental Health Care for Kids
Series: HeartWare : Deadly Malfunctions, FDA Inaction and Vulnerable Patients
Series: St. Jude’s Unspent Billions : Behind the Hospital’s Claims to Donors
Series: Birth Rights : Investigating Florida’s NICA Program
Series: State of Denial : Inside Arizona’s Division of Developmental Disabilities
Series: Critical Condition : Investigating the Business of Oklahoma’s Rural Hospitals
Series: Coronavirus : The U.S. Response to COVID-19
Series: Opioid Billionaires : The Deceptive Marketing of OxyContin
Series: A 911 Emergency : Rhode Island’s Deadly 911 Flaws
Series: The $3 Million Research Breakdown : University of Illinois at Chicago’s Troubling Study
Series: Sloan Kettering’s Crisis : A Reckoning Over Industry Ties
Series: A Sick System : Repeat Attacks After Pleading Insanity
Series: Trauma After Tragedy : PTSD in First Responders
Series: Stuck Kids : Illinois Children Languish in Psychiatric Hospitals
Series: Health Insurance Hustle : The Confounding Way We Pay for Care
Series: Heart Failure : The Decline of a Historic Transplant Program
Series: Lost Mothers : Maternal Care and Preventable Deaths
Series: Wasted Medicine : Squandered Health Care Dollars
Series: Policing Patient Privacy : Patient Privacy and Medical Care
Series: Examining Medicare : A Closer Look at Medicare Part B
Series: Obamacare and You : The Rollout of the Affordable Care Act
Series: Overdose : Acetaminophen and Accidental Overdoses
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Series: Patient Safety : Exploring Quality of Care in the U.S.
Series: Dialysis : High Costs and Hidden Perils of a Treatment Guaranteed to All
Series: Dollars for Doctors : How Industry Money Reaches Physicians
Series: Omniscan : Specter of MRI Disease Haunts General Electric
Series: When Caregivers Harm : America’s Unwatched Nurses
How Many of Your State’s Lawmakers Are Women? If You Live in the Southeast, It Could Be Just 1 in 5.
Three Days of Tragedy: How a VA Clinic’s Inability to Help Veterans in Crisis Destroyed Two Families
