VA medical centers in hot water for failing to follow sterilization training

By Laurel Adams

GAO says some VA medical centers aren't following strict sanitation guidelines for reusable medical equipment

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ANALYSIS: How our health care system cripples small business

By Wendell Potter

45 million Americans without health insurance

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ANALYSIS: The battle for Vermont's health

By Wendell Potter

Proposed bill aims to expand health IT funds to mental health providers

By Kimberly Leonard and Josh Israel

FDA criticized for accepting free help from company that later won generic OK

By Laurel Adams

The Food and Drug Administration last month issued guidelines for agency staff to follow when drugmakers offer free help during emergencies

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Lack of adequate foreign drug oversight

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FDA enforcement actions way down

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Problems in oversight of food safety

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FDA's flimsy recall power for food imports puts public at risk, watchdog says

By Aaron Mehta and Ben Wieder

Lawsuit loans add new risk for the injured

By Binyamin Appelbaum

The business of lending to plaintiffs has blossomed over the past decade, part of a growing trend in which banks and hedge funds seeking unt

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Borrower Nightmares: $700 dormitory fee costs family its car

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In trouble from an online payday loan? You might not have to repay it

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Broad reach of new consumer financial agency may fall short in some areas

By David Heath

Borrower Nightmares

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Dispute in Pennsylvania town highlights EPA's coal ash dilemma

By Amy Biegelsen

It was a windy Friday morning last December when Gary Kuklish stepped out of the post office in the tiny coal town of LaBelle, PA, looked do

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IMPACT: House committee limits EPA ability to regulate coal ash

By Evan Bush

Democrats join fight against coal ash regulation

By Kristen Lombardi

Republican duo supported by energy industry seek to rein in EPA on coal ash

By Kristen Lombardi

IMPACT: Environmental groups sue EPA over lack of coal ash regulation

By Emma Schwartz

Kilpatrick not happy with for-profit earmark ban

By Nick Schwellenbach

Remember the March announcement by House Democrats banning earmarks aimed at for-profit entities? Not every Democrat seems to be entirely ha

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A ‘Murtha Method’ encore

By Nick Schwellenbach

PMA Group ‘excel’s at access to Murtha, document shows

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Earmarks lobbyist indicted for illegal campaign contribution scheme

By Nick Schwellenbach

Ex-GOP whip blunt gave earmarks and got campaign cash through the 'Murtha Method'

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ANALYSIS: Death panels real and imagined

By Wendell Potter

Congressmen like Phil Gingrey continue to scare foks with talk of death panels, while insurers make real life or death decisions

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Analysis — Death panels, fact and fiction

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ANALYSIS: A life-changing event

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ANALYSIS: A new kind of house call

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$100 million for artificial legs and feet in question

By Alexandra Duszak

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Super Congress hauls in super donations as special interests try to influence budget cuts

By Aaron Mehta and Josh Israel

Gang of 12 tasked with cutting budget by $1.5 trillion hauls in big PAC donations

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Jon Huntsman's $1 trillion mistake

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Government agencies blew $125 billion on improper payments

By Laurel Adams

Family docs seeking more members on AMA group with influence over Medicare pay

By Joe Eaton

Report faults Medicare controls on widely abused drugs

By Joe Eaton

Thousands of sugar cane workers die as wealthy nations stall on solutions

By Sasha Chavkin and Ronnie Greene

Mysterious kidney disease has killed thousands of men in an isolated region of Central America, but why?

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As kidney disease kills thousands across continents, scientists scramble for answers

By Sasha Chavkin

Methodology

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In India, verdant terrain conceals clues to a fatal kidney disease

By Sasha Chavkin

Costa Rica to study kidney disease afflicting sugarcane workers

By Sasha Chavkin

Methodology

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A note of the data and analysis for 'Island of the Widows'

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As kidney disease kills thousands across continents, scientists scramble for answers

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In India, verdant terrain conceals clues to a fatal kidney disease

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Thousands of sugar cane workers die as wealthy nations stall on solutions

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The weekly watchdog: Dec. 12 - Dec. 16

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As kidney disease kills thousands across continents, scientists scramble for answers

By Sasha Chavkin

How a rare kidney disease is killing laborers and vexing researchers in three countries.

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Costa Rica to study kidney disease afflicting sugarcane workers

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"… ” said Dr. Shanthi Mendis, the Coordinator and Senior Adviser of the WHO non-communicable disease program and the lead adviser of its efforts in Sri Lanka.Cadmium and arsen …"

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