A new ritual at hospitals is bringing solace to the families of organ donors by paying tribute to the gift of life that’s being passed on.
Health Care
Flaws in the U.S. health care system, federal health programs and with individual medical providers and patients
Posted inAccountability, Criminal Justice, Prisons
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Pushed out
Black girls are being pushed out of school and into jails at alarming rates, but this issue often is overlooked.
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Puerto Rico is ignoring its Zika crisis
Since Hurricane Maria in 2017, doctors are finding an alarming number of new infections among pregnant women.
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Posted inHealth Care
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The messy truth about victim compensation
Victim compensation funds are supposed to help victims of crime. African Americans are disproportionately hurt by how that money is handed out.
Posted inAccountability, Decoding Prime, Health Care
California’s Prime Healthcare to pay $65 million to settle Medicare fraud lawsuit
The company admitted no wrongdoing, but agreed to a five-year independent review of its Medicare billing.
Posted inInequality
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Trapped: Abuse and neglect in private care
Deep in the backroads of central Florida, hidden between trees dripping with Spanish moss, sits the campus of an infamous center for the developmentally disabled. Its story shows what can happen when families have nowhere else to find care for their loved ones.
Posted inHealth Care, Sustainability, The (Un)Scientific Method
Trump team weakened global efforts to control marketing of baby formula
Changes made to an international breastfeeding resolution under pressure from the Trump administration are more extensive than previously reported.
Posted inHealth Care
This Walgreens gets 5 times US average of oxycodone. The DEA is asking why
A California branch of one of America’s biggest pharmacies has caught the attention of the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Posted inBorder Patrol, Immigration, Impact, National Security, Prisons, The Trump Era
Rep. John Lewis calls for end to ‘unjust’ immigrant detention system
He sent a letter to fellow members of Congress, calling on them to “end an unjust detention system” and citing Reveal’s investigation.
Posted inInequality
Federal agency refers girls to counselors picked by anti-abortion group
Immigrant girls who request abortions while in federal custody are being referred to counseling centers recommended by an anti-abortion group.