Black patients were losing limbs at triple the rate of others.
[link removed]
[link removed]
Donate
[link removed]
The Big Story
Tue. May 19, 2020
[link removed]
The Black American Amputation Epidemic
[link removed]
Black patients were losing limbs at triple the rate of others. The doctor put up billboards in the Mississippi Delta. Amputation Prevention Institute, they read. He could save their limbs, if it wasn’t too late.
by Lizzie Presser
VIEW STORY
[link removed]
MORE FROM OUR NEWSROOM
You Don’t Need Invasive Tech for Successful Contact Tracing. Here’s How It Works.
[link removed]
While most discussions have focused on countries’ use of surveillance technology, contact tracing is actually a fairly manual process. After interviewing contact tracing experts and taking an online course, ProPublica health reporter Caroline Chen presents her takeaways.
by Caroline Chen
[link removed]
Do I Know Enough to Get a Job as a Contact Tracer?
[link removed]
Though requirements vary from state to state, many of them are hiring thousands of contact tracers in an effort to curb coronavirus spread. Here’s a brief quiz to check your knowledge.
by Caroline Chen
[link removed]
Wedding Planner, Caterer, “Brand Builder”: Trump’s Food Aid Program Is Paying $100+ Million to Unlicensed Dealers
[link removed]
Contractors with no experience in food distribution are looking for suppliers on Facebook while some food banks scramble to find desperately needed deliveries.
by Isaac Arnsdorf
[link removed]
The Trump Administration Is Rushing Deportations of Migrant Children During Coronavirus
[link removed]
Their father was missing. Their mother was miles away. Two sisters, ages 8 and 11, were survivors of sexual assault and at risk of deportation. With the nation focused on COVID-19, the U.S. government is rushing the deportations of migrant children.
by Lomi Kriel
[link removed]
COVID-19 Killed at Least 25 Residents of One Illinois Nursing Home. The Family of One Victim Has Filed a Lawsuit, Alleging Negligence.
[link removed]
The family of a Bria of Geneva resident who died from the coronavirus in April claims in the lawsuit that the nursing home failed to adequately test residents and staff, and didn’t isolate infected residents in time to protect others.
by Jodi S. Cohen
[link removed]
Can You Be Evicted During Coronavirus? Here’s How to Find Out.
[link removed]
The CARES Act temporarily protects millions of renters from being evicted, and many states and cities passed their own rules to help those struggling to pay rent. Use our new database to find out if eviction bans might apply to you.
by Jeff Ernsthausen , Ellis Simani and Al Shaw
[link removed]
Substitute Pharmacists Warn Their Co-Workers: We’ll Probably Bring the Virus to You
[link removed]
With regular employees out sick, CVS and Walgreens rely on traveling workers to fill in at short notice. But when these floaters show up at a store, they often aren’t told if anyone there has tested positive.
by Ava Kofman
[link removed]
“Immune to Evidence”: How Dangerous Coronavirus Conspiracies Spread
[link removed]
Conspiratorial videos and websites about COVID-19 are going viral. Here’s how one of the authors of “The Conspiracy Theory Handbook” says you can fight back. One big takeaway: Focus your efforts on people who can hear evidence and think rationally.
by Marshall Allen
[link removed]
The Sears Headquarters Deal Cost Taxpayers $500 Million. 30 Years Later, There’s Little to Show for It.
[link removed]
Was the multimillion dollar deal to keep Sears in Illinois worth it? An economic study commissioned by ProPublica and the Daily Herald suggests it wasn’t. Here’s why.
by David Bernstein for The Daily Herald
[link removed]
Two Coasts. One Virus. How New York Suffered Nearly 10 Times the Number of Deaths as California.
[link removed]
California’s governor and San Francisco’s mayor worked together to act early in confronting the COVID threat. For Andrew Cuomo and Bill de Blasio, it was a different story, and 27,000 New Yorkers have died so far.
by Joe Sexton and Joaquin Sapien
[link removed]
[link removed]
[link removed]
[link removed]
[link removed]
Donate
[link removed]
Get the ProPublica mobile app:
[link removed]
[link removed]
Was this email forwarded to you from a friend? Subscribe.
[link removed]
This email was sent to
[email protected]. Update your email preferences
[link removed]
or unsubscribe
[link removed]
to stop receiving this newsletter. Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.
[link removed]
ProPublica • 155 Ave of the Americas, 13th Floor • New York, NY 10013
