COVID-19

Mobilizing the National Guard Doesn’t Mean Your State Is Under Martial Law. Usually.

Mobilizing the National Guard Doesn’t Mean Your State Is Under Martial Law. Usually.

Pro Publica 09/17/2020

by Logan Jaffe I’ve been curious about the National Guard for months. It started in March, after...

CareOne Nursing Homes Said They Could Safely Take More COVID-19 Patients. But Death Rates Soared.

CareOne Nursing Homes Said They Could Safely Take More COVID-19 Patients. But Death Rates Soared.

Pro Publica 08/13/2020

by Sean Campbell, Hannah Fresques and Benjamin Hardy ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of...

An Indian Company Is Gearing Up to Make Millions of Doses of a $3 Covid-19 Vaccine

An Indian Company Is Gearing Up to Make Millions of Doses of a $3 Covid-19 Vaccine

Singularity Hub 08/12/2020

An Indian company is getting a jump-start on manufacturing low-cost vaccines. With funding from the Bill &...

Local Officials Say a Nursing Home Dumped Residents to Die at Hospitals

Local Officials Say a Nursing Home Dumped Residents to Die at Hospitals

Pro Publica 08/11/2020

The people dying at the hospitals had been residents of a local nursing home, the Grand Rehabilitation...

White House Paid Up to $500 Million Too Much for These Ventilators

White House Paid Up to $500 Million Too Much for These Ventilators

Pro Publica 08/07/2020

Citing “evidence of fraud, waste, and abuse,” a congressional subcommittee investigating the federal government’s purchase of $646.7...