NewsBusiness, Health How Big Pharma Shapes What Doctors Tell Pregnant Women The science of deciding what prescription drugs are safe for pregnant women is riven by conflicts of interest — a world where influential doctors are on the payroll of pharmaceutical companies and damaging research data goes unpublished. Dyan NearyNovember 13, 2012
InvestigationEnvironment, Health Is New York Drenched in Monsanto’s Roundup? Despite piles of research suggesting that Roundup is dangerous, the Big Apple douses its parks with the stuff. Anna LenzerMother JonesSeptember 17, 2012
InvestigationHealth, Immigration, Politics Death Along the Border Insufficient training and little public oversight have led to problems, including violence against migrants. John Carlos FreyLos Angeles TimesApril 20, 2012
InvestigationBusiness, Environment, Health BP’s Toxic Legacy Gulf residents and cleanup workers continue to suffer serious health problems from the 2010 disaster, but the oil giant is not being held to account. Antonia JuhaszThe NationApril 18, 2012
NewsBusiness, Health Hair Salons Still Putting Workers’ Health At Risk with Brazilian Blowout On March 5, the New York Times reported that Brazilian Blowout, makers of a popular hair straightening service, had agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit for about… Virginia Sole-SmithMarch 19, 2012
NewsHealth Washington’s Prescription Epidemic On January 22, InvestigateWest and a Seattle television station released “The Prescription Epidemic,” a series following almost twenty years of overlooked medical reports… Hannah MurphyFebruary 15, 2012
InvestigationBusiness, Health, Politics How the Food Industry Eats Your Kid’s Lunch A cozy alliance between companies that manufacture processed foods and companies that serve school meals is making students fat and sick. Lucy KomisarThe New York TimesDecember 3, 2011
InvestigationHealth, Immigration, Politics, World Haitian Deportees Face Grave Health Risks The Obama administration deports Haitians even though many will be illegally jailed and exposed to cholera — flouting official policy. Jacob KushnerFlorida Center for Investigative ReportingNovember 14, 2011
NewsEnvironment, Health Burned Out Conclusions in scientific studies can often be discovered not at the end but between the proverbial lines of any given report. Certainly that is the case in the recent Institute of Medicine study, “Long-Term Health… J. Malcolm GarciaNovember 10, 2011
InvestigationHealth, World Transforming the Global Health Agenda Over the past 30 years, public funding for global health has dried up. Private companies have stepped into the breach, with troubling results. Sonia ShahForeign AffairsNovember 9, 2011