Health
That’s not natural or organic: How Big Food misleads
A Salon report states: “Major conglomerates claim their food is healthy. But they might have funded the study — and the feds barely care.”
Read MoreSmall-town Texas patients died amid federal, state regulatory inaction
The Dallas Morning News investigation shows how Dr. Tariq Mahmood operated a chain of dangerous small-town Texas hospitals for more than four years until regulators finally started to crack down. Before they acted, repeated warnings about grave risks to patients and potential fraud reached multiple agencies. At least four patients died. The project details how federal…
Read MoreFemale inmates sterilized in California prisons without approval
“Doctors under contract with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation sterilized nearly 150 female inmates from 2006 to 2010 without required state approvals, The Center for Investigative Reporting has found.”
Read MoreWalking our roads could kill you
An Orlando Sentinel report states: “Nowhere in America are pedestrians at greater risk of being struck and seriously injured or killed. Nowhere are drivers more likely to suffer the life-changing split second of taking someone’s life — simply by operating one of the 3,000-pound machines that are so ubiquitous in Central Florida life, and so…
Read MoreExtra Extra Monday: Payday fees, ATF stings, inpatient bills and unpaid attorneys
The Koch Club | Investigative Reporting WorkshopKoch foundations gave more than $41 million to 89 nonprofits from 2007-2011, part of a wide effort at funding organizations with public policy, education and political interests that align with those of Koch Industries, run by Charles and David Koch. The Investigative Reporting Workshop examined Internal Revenue Service documents…
Read MoreTop Medicare Prescribers Rake In Speaking Fees From Drugmakers
Data obtained and analyzed by ProPublica suggest another factor in the drug Bystolic’s rapid success: Many of the drug’s top prescribers have financial ties to Forest Laboratories, its maker.
Read MoreExtra Extra Roundup: Drug cartels, unjustified shootings, unseen farm worker harassment
Unjustified | Newsday“Report reveals how cop shot unarmed man – and kept his job.” Secret files reveal how pay-to-play works in N.J. | The Star-Ledger“A special report by The Star-Ledger exposes how one politically connected engineering firm parlayed campaign donations into millions of dollars in public contracts, all the while keeping the scheme hidden from the…
Read MoreDelays Hamper State’s Doctor Discipline Process
In Connecticut, it can take two years or longer for complaints against physicians to result in license suspensions, revocations and other disciplinary actions by the state Medical Examining Board, working with the DPH. According to a Connecticut Health I-Team report, a review of disciplinary decisions in the past 18 months shows that the medical board…
Read MoreOregon program has $576,000 budget and restores gun rights to three people
An Oregon program designed to help those with mental health histories restore gun ownership rights currently operates with a $576,000 budget and has restored those rights to just three people, according to an investigation by The Oregonian. The program comes from federal money — the result of lobbying efforts by the National Rifle Association —…
Read MoreDrillers silence fracking claims with sealed settlements
In cases from Wyoming to Arkansas, Pennsylvania to Texas, drillers have agreed to cash settlements or property buyouts with people who say hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, ruined their water, according to a review by Bloomberg News of hundreds of regulatory and legal filings. In most cases, homeowners must agree to keep quiet.
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