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Wed. Jun 17, 2020

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How — and When — Can the Coronavirus Vaccine Become a Reality?

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It is likely we’ll eventually have a coronavirus vaccine — but perhaps not as quickly as some expect. From development, to clinical trials and distribution, ProPublica reporter Caroline Chen explains the tremendous challenges that lie ahead.

by Caroline Chen

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“Fast-Tracking” a Coronavirus Vaccine Sounds Great. It’s Not That Simple.

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Among the many ways to shorten the vaccine development timeline, approving a treatment based on antibody data — without completing a phase 3 trial — could be contentious. This is why.

by Caroline Chen

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“Fire Through Dry Grass”: Andrew Cuomo Saw COVID-19’s Threat to Nursing Homes. Then He Risked Adding to It.

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A nursing home in Troy, New York, followed the governor’s order to accept patients being treated for COVID-19. Six weeks later, 18 residents were dead of the disease.

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GM Closed the Lordstown Auto Plant. Now Ohio May Force a $60 Million Repayment.

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General Motors received tens of millions of dollars in tax breaks to operate a massive assembly plant in Lordstown, Ohio, until 2027. The plant closed last year, and the state may force a repayment of more than $60 million, documents show.

by Dan O’Brien, The Business Journal

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How America’s Hospitals Survived the First Wave of the Coronavirus

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ProPublica deputy managing editor Charles Ornstein wanted to know why experts were wrong when they said U.S. hospitals would be overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients. Here’s what he learned, including what hospitals can do before the next wave.

by Charles Ornstein

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The Postal Service Is Steadily Getting Worse — Can It Handle a National Mail-In Election?

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Postal delays and mistakes have marred primary voting, and after years of budget cuts and plant closures, mail delivery has slowed so much that ballot deadlines in many states are no longer realistic.

by Ryan McCarthy and Maryam Jameel

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State Investigating Hospital With Coronavirus Policy That Profiled Pregnant Native American Mothers and Separated Them From Newborns

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Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham cited “significant, awful allegations” in a ProPublica and New Mexico In Depth story on a hospital where clinicians said pregnant Native women were singled out for COVID-19 testing and separated from newborns after delivery.

by Bryant Furlow, New Mexico In Depth

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“They Were the Authority and I Didn’t Argue With Authority”

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In an era before rape kits, Sue Royston decided to fight for justice even though the police doubted her, the prosecution discouraged her, and those around her dismissed her story.

by Agnes Chang

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A Hospital’s Secret Coronavirus Policy Separated Native American Mothers From Their Newborns

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Pregnant Native American women were singled out for COVID-19 testing based on their race and ZIP code, clinicians say. While awaiting results, some mothers were separated from their newborns, depriving them of the immediate contact doctors recommend.

by Bryant Furlow, New Mexico In Depth

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Emails Reveal Chaos as Meatpacking Companies Fought Health Agencies Over COVID-19 Outbreaks in Their Plants

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Thousands of pages of documents obtained by ProPublica show how quickly public health agencies were overwhelmed by meatpacking cases. One CEO described social distancing as “a nicety that makes sense only for people with laptops.”

by Michael Grabell, Claire Perlman and Bernice Yeung

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