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“Investigators found hospital staff repeatedly failed to intervene or raise questions about three highly unusual surgeries on brain cancer patients, according to a Bee analysis of the findings, released earlier this month by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. In its 92-page report, the federal watchdog agency detailed the secrecy and inaction that enveloped…
Read More“Permissive in some respects, Florida firearms laws unequivocally aim to prevent gun ownership by convicted felons. But that prohibition is faltering.”
Read More“State officials said 2,383 firearms transactions were recorded statewide last weekend, Friday through Sunday. It’s unknown how many of those were assault weapons, like the kind used in the Connecticut shooting, because new laws – backed by Nevada’s influential gun lobby – prohibit the state from collecting specific details on gun purchases.”
Read More“Doctors with financial ties to drug companies have heavily influenced treatment guidelines recommending the most lucrative drugs in American medicine, an analysis by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and MedPage Today has found.”
Read More“The VA’s inability to pay benefits to veterans before they die is increasingly common, according to data obtained by the Center for Investigative Reporting.” “The data reveals, for the first time, that long wait times are contributing to tens of thousands of veterans being approved for disability benefits and pensions only after it is too…
Read MoreIn April, Jamie Fox contacted reporter Aaron Glantz after losing her job at the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Oakland office in 2008. Credit: Michael Short/Center for Investigative Reporting. Aaron Glantz of the Center for Investigative Reporting was reporting on delays in veterans’ disability claims in Oakland, Calif. when a reader reached out to him. Jamie…
Read More“In the aftermath of Friday’s shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, many are asking what could have been done to prevent the terrible attack that left 20 children and six adults dead.” The Pocono Record examines what kind of security measures the schools in their community have in place, why some schools wouldn’t provide the…
Read More“In the latest installment in USA TODAY’s “Ghost Factories” series, reporter Alison Young examines who is responsible for cleaning up lead contamination around old lead smelter sites.”
Read MoreCongratulations to the several IRE members, as well as all the recipients, on their 2013 duPont-Columbia Awards. Their hard work and dedication to good investigative journalism helps keep the public informed and educated on important topics that affect their daily lives and communities. Heather Catallo along with her colleagues at WXYZ-Detroit received a silver baton…
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