ProPublica

• Federal Study Calls US Stillbirth Rate 'Unacceptably High' A National Institutes of Health report decried stillbirths as a "major public health concern" and said the nation needed to do more to address the problem through research and prevention.
  ProPublica, March 23, 2023
• Utah Doc Allegedly Assaults 94 Women; Judge Calls It Healthcare When dozens of women sued their OB-GYN for sexual assault, a judge said the case falls under the state's medical malpractice law. As the women appeal, lawmakers ask whether that law should be changed.
  ProPublica, February 22, 2023
• Inside the Big Business of Clogged Arteries Text messages, a whistleblower lawsuit, and an internal investigation reveal the lengths to which Medtronic allegedly "groomed" doctors to overuse its vascular products at a veterans' hospital.
  ProPublica, February 17, 2023
• Here's What States Are Doing to Abortion Rights in 2023 In the first full legislative session after Roe v. Wade was overturned, states across the country are looking to further restrict or better protect abortion rights.
  ProPublica, February 09, 2023
• Insurance Giant's Effort to Deny Coverage to Chronically Ill Patient After a college student finally found a treatment that worked, the insurance giant wouldn't pay for the costly drugs. His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer's hidden procedures for rejecting claims.
  ProPublica, February 02, 2023
• Medicare Keeps Spending More on COVID-19 Testing Medicare's COVID-19 testing costs reached over $2 billion in 2022. Experts say financial incentives and a lack of regulation early in the pandemic led to fraud and overspending.
  ProPublica, January 03, 2023
• With Prenatal Testing, the Industry Is an Unregulated 'Wild West' As regulators stay on the sideline, a growing industry expands its reach but leaves some pregnant patients feeling misled and heartbroken.
  ProPublica, December 06, 2022
• Her Child Was Stillborn at 39 Weeks. Did the System Listen? Every year more than 20,000 pregnancies in the US result in a stillbirth, but not all of these tragedies were inevitable. As many as one in four stillbirths are potentially preventable.
  ProPublica, November 14, 2022
• The CDC Scientist Who Couldn't Get Monkeypox Treatment "I emphasize my training and my experience because if I had to go to three different places before I got diagnosed, imagine what the average gay man has to do?"
  ProPublica, October 05, 2022
• The COVID-19 Booster's Public Relations Problem With a new COVID booster rolling out, a leading expert explains how public health leaders have struggled to set expectations for the vaccine and convey clearly who benefits from each additional shot.
  ProPublica, September 27, 2022
• 'The Human Psyche Was Not Built for This' This is a story about what can happen when politics trump public health.
  ProPublica, September 06, 2022
• Minnesota Set to Become 'Abortion Access Island' in the Midwest Out-of-staters have long traveled to Minnesota for abortions, but as neighboring states restrict access to the procedure, data suggest patients of color may not make the trip.
  ProPublica, August 25, 2022
• How Misinformation About COVID Vaccines and Pregnancy Took Root Before coronavirus vaccines were even released, a disinformation campaign used a moment of national and personal vulnerability to prey on those who were pregnant or who planned to become pregnant.
  ProPublica, August 05, 2022
• New York Polio Case Now Connected to Virus Found in UK and Israel Using sewage sample tests from three countries separated by thousands of miles, public health officials hope to unravel the mystery of where this polio started circulating and what threat it poses.
  ProPublica, August 01, 2022
• Ex-Husband Suing Clinic Over the Abortion She Had 4 Years Ago Nearly 4 years after a woman ended an unwanted pregnancy with abortion pills obtained at a Phoenix clinic, she finds herself mired in an ongoing lawsuit over that decision.
  ProPublica, July 15, 2022
• The COVID Testing Company That Missed 96% of Cases Officials across Nevada signed agreements with Northshore Clinical Labs, a COVID testing laboratory run by men with local political connections. There was only one problem: Its tests didn't work.
  ProPublica, May 16, 2022
• Post-Roe America: More Births While Maternal Mortality Rises The United States has the highest maternal mortality rate among wealthy countries. And it may get worse as abortions become more difficult to obtain, say public health experts.
  ProPublica, May 04, 2022
• What's Holding Up the COVID Vaccines for Children Under 5? Opaque communication from the FDA, shifting timelines, delays and misinformation have left parents frustrated and confused.
  ProPublica, March 03, 2022
• Medical Device Didn't Meet Federal Standards. Gov't Bought More. For years after federal inspectors found serious problems with the HeartWare heart pump, agencies like the VA and CMS continued paying to implant it in patients.
  ProPublica, January 07, 2022
• I Saw Firsthand What It Takes to Keep COVID Out of Hong Kong On a visit to Hong Kong, ProPublica reporter Caroline Chen encountered a 21-day quarantine, a bevy of COVID tests, universal masking, and, finally, a fear-free family holiday.
  ProPublica, January 06, 2022