A lawsuit filed Monday mirrors the findings of a ProPublica investigation that made public for the first time details about a program that sent gun owners’ information to political operatives without their consent. #News #Law #Guns #Privacy #USPolitics
The U.S. has long lagged behind other wealthy countries in reducing its stillbirth rate. Now a new five-year, $37 million NIH consortium will prioritize this public health issue. “There’s no question that the ProPublica reporting was intimately tied to this,” one expert said. #News #NIH #Pregnancy #Health #Women #PublicHealth #Science #Research
Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Program Spent Twice as Much on Administrative Costs as on Health Care, GAO Says --- Republican lawmakers cite Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage as a national model for federal Medicaid work requirements that are set to take effect in 2027. A new report shows the program has spent at least $54 million on administrative costs alone. #News #Georgia #Health #Poverty #Healthcare #Medicaid
“His Audience Was Really Trump”: How New FBI Lead Used His Missouri AG Role to Wage a Culture War --- Andrew Bailey’s nearly three-year term as Missouri’s top lawyer was marked by splashy fights over gender, schools and diversity that often fizzled but boosted his political profile. Now he’s co-deputy director of the FBI. #News #FBI #Missouri #Law #Trump #Gender #Diversity #Culture
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For-Profit Corporations Are Buying Up More Psychiatric Hospitals. Some Flout Federal Law With Scarce Repercussions. --- Psychiatric hospitals — increasingly owned by for-profit corporations — are illegally turning away patients during crises. Yet only a handful face penalties, with fines that are trivial, a ProPublica investigation found. #News #MentalHealth #Psychiatry #Hospital #Law #Health #Medicine
Psychiatric Hospitals Turn Away Patients Who Need Urgent Care. The Facilities Face Few Consequences. --- Discharging patients who are at risk of harming themselves or others is illegal. But dozens of psychiatric hospitals aren’t honoring the law — and the government isn’t following up. #News #Health #Law #Hospital #MentalHealth #Psychiatry #Medicine
“This is beyond my dreams,” children's hospital chaplain Ayman Soliman told ProPublica in a call minutes after he was freed from an Ohio jail where he’d been detained since the spring. “I’m still overwhelmed by the surprise.” #News #Ohio #Cincinnati #DHS #Immigration #Deportation #Immigrants
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Senators Demand Names of Foreign Drugmakers Skirting FDA Import Bans --- Citing a recent ProPublica investigation, Rick Scott, R-Fla., and Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., said they had “urgent concerns” about the agency’s oversight of foreign drugmakers and whether medications coming into the U.S. are safe. #News #Health #FDA #Drugs #Pharmaceuticals #Government