ProPublica

COVID-19 Dialysis Patients

They were the pandemic's perfect victims

Millions of Americans’ medical images and data are on the Internet. Anyone can take a peek.

Health Insurance

Medicare-for-all is not Medicare, and not really for all. So what does it actually mean?

In men, it’s Parkinson’s. In women, it’s hysteria.

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Children's Health

The car seat industry helped delay a child safety regulation – again

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Alternative Medicine

The birth-tissue profiteers

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I’m a journalist. Apparently, I’m also one of America’s 'Top Doctors'

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Even in Philadelphia, one of the most determined sanctuary cities, refuge is elusive

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How the EPA and the Pentagon downplayed a growing toxic threat

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How racial profiling goes unchecked in immigration enforcement

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Police are mislabeling anti-LGBTQ and other crimes as anti-heterosexual

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Redesigning maternal care: OB-GYNs urged to see new mothers sooner and more often

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Here’s one issue blue and red states agree on: preventing deaths of expectant and new mothers

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As surgery centers boom, patients are paying with their lives

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Inside Atomwaffen as it celebrates a member for allegedly killing a gay Jewish Penn student

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How VW paid $25 billion for Dieselgate — and got off easy

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Severe complications for women during childbirth are skyrocketing — and could often be prevented

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Health Care Costs

A hospital charged $1,877 to pierce a 5-year-old’s ears. This is why health care costs so much

New Jersey bill would create commission to probe deaths related to pregnancy and childbirth

New Jersey Statehouse

The myth of drug expiration dates

Philly, 2 other cities question for-profit manager of alternative schools

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These for-profit schools are ‘like a prison'

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Trump's travel ban is wreaking havoc on families, especially those with valid visas

How to protect your digital privacy in the era of public shaming

New Jersey commission calls for reform at state loan agency

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Amazon says it puts customers first. But its pricing algorithm doesn't

Police in Bensalem, other cities go from stop-and-frisk to stop-and-spit

Higher Education

New Jersey legislators move to reform aggressive student loan program

John Timoney: A good cop

Higher Education

New Jersey Senate examines controversial student loan agency

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Higher Education

Lawmakers to question executive of New Jersey's controversial student loan agency

New Jersey student loan agency to staff: Don't tell borrowers about help unless they ask

Scene from Netflix's 'Making a Murderer' echoes in Etan Patz case

How much could Obama's gun moves affect gun violence? Nobody knows

New Jersey psychology practice revealed patients' mental disorders in debt lawsuits

New trial records: Doctors recommended Tylenol – but only at lower doses

Tylenol's main ingredient may dull positive emotions

Asians nearly twice as likely to get higher price from Princeton Review

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Small group goes to great lengths to block homeschooling regulation

ProPublica: How the 'embarrassing' gas tax impasse explains Washington

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ProPublica: When Wall Street offers free money, watch out

Left in the brain: Potentially toxic residue from MRI drugs

Medicare paid for nearly 40M tranquilizer prescriptions in 2013

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Red Cross raised millions for Haiti, built six homes

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