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Accidental deaths remain a problem for the medical industry

Hearst Newspapers reveals widespread failure ten years after a federal report implored the medical industry to cut in half the annual death toll from medical errors and hospital-caused infections, estimated […]
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Details revealed about deaths at Memorial Medical Center after Katrina

An investigation by Sheri Fink of ProPublica reveals "what really happened to some of the patients who died at New Orleans’ Memorial Medical Center in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina." […]
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Common weed killer taints water supplies

As part of its ongoing series on water pollution in America, The New York Times looks at the impact of atrazine, a popular weed killer, on our water supply . […]
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University of Wisconsin linked to ghostwritten articles

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporters John Fauber and Meg Kissinger reviewed unsealed court records and found that at a time when fears were growing about the link between hormone therapy and […]
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Nurse drug prevention program loosely monitored

In their continuing investigation into failed oversight of California's nursing board, ProPublica and the Los Angeles Times found problems within the state's drug diversion program. Diversion is intended to help […]
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Problem nurses, lax oversight leave patients at risk

In a continuing investigation into failed oversight of California's health professionals, ProPublica and The Los Angeles Times found the California Board of Registered Nursing, responsible for the oversight of 350,000 […]
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Georgia ill-prepared for public health emergencies

A recent evaluation found the state of Georgia is poorly prepared to face public health emergencies. "Federal agencies, nonprofit groups and the state’s own documents depict a public health system […]
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Health care czar profited from companies under investigation

Nancy Ann DeParle, who heads the White House Office on Health Reform, made more than $6.6 million since 2001 serving as a director of corporations that faced scores of federal […]
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Iowa air pollution levels nearing federal limits

"The air across Iowa is so polluted that the state is perilously close to violating new federal limits aimed at protecting human health. Yet Iowans have no way of knowing […]
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FDA inspection failed to catch tainted syringes

An investigation co-published by the Chicago Tribune and ProPublica reveals that the Food and Drug Administration failed to prevent the distribution of tainted syringes linked to several deaths and serious […]
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