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Pulling Back the Curtain on the Health Industry and Regulation
An Idaho Baby’s Unexplained Death Got No Autopsy and a Scant Coroner’s Investigation. State Law Says That’s Fine.
With a lack of regulation for coroners, a ***** who dies unexpectedly or outside of a doctor’s care in Idaho is less likely to be autopsied than anywhere else in the United States.
ProPublica’s Coverage of the Election Issues That Matter to Voters
ProPublica avoids horse race coverage of the election, instead deeply exploring issues that voters care about, like immigration, abortion, health care, the economy, extremism and education.
A Pregnant *****ager Died After Trying to Get Care in Three Visits to Texas Emergency Rooms
It took three ER visits and 20 hours before a hospital admitted Nevaeh Crain, 18, as her condition worsened. Doctors insisted on two ultrasounds to confirm “fetal demise.” She’s one of at least two Texas women who died under the state’s abortion ban.
A Woman Died After Being Told It Would Be a “Crime” to Intervene in Her Miscarriage at a Texas Hospital
Josseli Barnica is one of at least two pregnant Texas women who died after doctors delayed emergency care. She’d told her husband that the medical team said it couldn’t act until the fetal heartbeat stopped.
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Georgia Judge Lifts Six-Week Abortion Ban After Deaths of Two Women Who Couldn’t Access Care
Abortion clinics rushed to provide care after a judge rejected the state’s ban, an order that could soon be paused by a higher court. It’s only the latest development since ProPublica reported the deaths of Amber Nicole Thurman and Candi Miller.
Did a Georgia Hospital Break Federal Law When It Failed to Save Amber Thurman? A Senate Committee Chair Wants Answers.
Thurman died after waiting 20 hours for emergency care under the state’s abortion ban. Sen. Ron Wyden demanded records his committee could review to determine whether the hospital violated the law. “It’s not even a question,” one expert said.
Bill to Fund Stillbirth Prevention and Research Passes Congress
The bill expands the use of existing federal money to be used to fight stillbirths. Lawmakers cited ProPublica’s reporting on the issue as key to adding urgency and building support for the measure.
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Series: Life of the Mother: How Abortion Bans Lead to Preventable Deaths
Series: America’s Mental Barrier: How Insurers Interfere With Mental Health Care
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 *****
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 *****: Illinois *****ren 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
Series: Nursing Homes
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
