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How Effective Is The Government’s Campaign Against Hospital Mergers?

More than a year after Biden’s executive order to promote competition, the FTC's oversight of hospital consolidation may be stronger in rhetoric than in reality.

Oct 31, 2022

Pictured is a CDC scientist preparing a patient sample for testing. | JAMES GATHANY/CDC

The CDC Scientist Who Couldn’t Get Monkeypox Treatment

State and federal missteps amplified long-standing health inequities when it comes to testing and treatment of Monkeypox.

Oct 11, 2022

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Pharma Companies Sue To Buy Blood From Mexicans Along Border

Facing a drop in supply, two global companies are suing over a U.S-imposed ban on Mexicans entering the country selling their blood.

Jul 17, 2022

MICHAL FREEDHOFF, ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY’S OFFICE OF CHEMICAL SAFETY AND POLLUTION PREVENTION, AT HOME IN MARYLAND./NATE PALMER/PROPUBLICA

She’s Supposed To Protect Americans. First, She Must Fix Trump’s Mess And Decades Of Neglect.

Michal Freedhoff, the new director of the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, has a long history as a toxics watchdog. Can she succeed?

Mar 30, 2022

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What Ever Happened To Biden’s Pandemic Testing Board?

A year after President Joe Biden signed an order creating an entity modeled on FDR’s hugely successful Wartime Production Board, to be called the Pandemic Testing Board, there’s little trace of it.

Feb 22, 2022

Elliot Malin at his home in Reno, Nevada, with bills he was sent after donating his kidney to his cousin./Credit:Andri Tambunan, special to ProPublica

He Donated His Kidney And Received A $13,064 Bill In Return

Living organ donors aren't supposed to receive a bill for care related to a transplant surgery, but Elliott Malin faced a billing mistake and the threat of collections.

Feb 17, 2022