"Former Columbia President Lee Bollinger, as well as one of the trustees at both Columbia and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, the Columbia-affiliated system where Hadden was an attending physician — had been alerted to Hadden’s arrest the evening it occurred.”

ProPublica investigations can resonate for years In 2023, we revealed how Columbia Univ had let an OB-GYN still treat patients despite despite decades of warnings he sexually assaulted them Now, the NY AG is investigating www.propublica.org/article/colu... by @biancafortis.bsky.social

The latest on our investigation into Columbia, where an OB-GYN sexually assaulted his patients for two decades.

If you need a mental break from all the bleak news, the @texastribune.org has a photos of the Fort Worth monks' entire journey to Washington. www.texastribune.org/2026/02/14/t...

Once again, @katherineeban.bsky.social proves why she's one of the best in the business.

A compelling graphic look at all the ways that Trump and his family and friends have been monetizing the White House in his second term to enrich themselves more than any presidential clan has ever done before. @lazarogamio.bsky.social Amy Schoenfeld Walker www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Addiction is a hungry monster that you can never truly understand until you see it up close.

Has anything like this ever happened?

Great story from @texastribune.org connecting the dots on the people now setting U.S. vaccine policy. www.texastribune.org/2025/11/19/a...

Unbelievable

Brought to you by the folks who want to deploy troops to "protect federal buildings."

Let me help you with that, Speaker Johnson. This is what we documented. www.propublica.org/article/immi...

This is an excellent tool from @kffhealthnews.org for anyone who wants to know how much premiums will rise if ACA subsidies expire.

I wish every Texas lawmaker would read this @dallasnews.com series about the Texas abortion ban, and what it's doing to the pregnant women of our state.

This study was published in Annals of Internal Medicine; the journal is NOT retracting it just because of political pressure from the world's most extreme & dangerous anti-vaxx activist The lead author, Anders Peter Hviid, says "I have not been targeted by a political figurehead in this way before"

With so many awful things in the news, I needed to see this.

The Guardian US investigations team is hiring a science reporter, come work with me and break big news about what is happening to science in this country: workforus.theguardian.com/jobs/795/

My state already has the highest percentage of people with no health insurance. That's about to get even worse with the new budget bill, as 1.7 million Texans stand to lose coverage. www.texastribune.org/2025/07/18/t...

Bill Moyers meant everthing to me. We both grew up in Marshall TX, a generation apart, but bound by the same sense of place. He encouraged me to become a journalist, and gave this small town girl confidence -- in the beginning and all along the way. RIP Bill.

“Secretary Kennedy has not hidden his anti-vaccine agenda,” said Dr. Richard Besser, who served as acting director of the C.D.C. in 2009. “He, more than anyone in our country, has worked to undermine people’s trust and confidence in vaccines.” via @nytimes.com

When we first reported this story, Columbia had not even notified the women that their former doctor was a convicted sex offender. Now there are more than 1,000 known survivors. @propublica.org

In other Columbia Univ news, an announcement this week of an additional $750 million settlement with women sexually assaulted by former ob-gyn Robert Hadden. Credit to the survivors for their bravery and persistence. We told full story in @propublica.org in 2023: www.propublica.org/article/colu...

Seems like research into women’s health would be bipartisan

My adult daughter Rachel works everyday, pays taxes, loves going to movies with her friends, and listens to awful (IMO) music. Our U.S. Dept HHS has lost all of its humanity, compassion, and intellectual curiosity

This whole thread is tragic

RFK Jr. cuts CDC labs investigating outbreaks of STDs, hepatitis. There was not enough time for scientists to shut down labs before they were locked out from their email systems and the building, with equipment still running and hazardous materials left unattended. www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/rfk...

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Working with an interdisciplinary team, we have developed a website to communicate how the White House's proposed cuts to health research would cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs. Find out how your community may be impacted. Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org a 🧵

The news cycle has been such a tsunami, hard to believe less than a month ago we were talking about families who were put in remote jungle camps.

New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

Today I received a mass email from my senator, John Cornyn, saying DOGE had uncovered "$236 billion in improper payments." In fact, this claim is lifted word for word from a GAO report under the Biden Administration. (See link) How should I respond? www.gao.gov/products/gao...

Update: 15 confirmed cases. Health officials are racing to offer vaccines to unvaccinated children, they're operating a mobile unit to screen for cases, pre-treating exposed infants. Schools & hospitals are on alert. Measles outbreaks are v hard to contain. A totally preventable situation.

Got a tip? I oversee five reporters looking at the Trump Administration, conflicts of interest, & abuses of power. And I am eager to give them more work. Get in touch here:

This is a big deal, y'all. Federal health websites are being stripped of content or removed in their entirety. Stick with this thread for a look at what's disappeared so far! 1/x

Statement from the Association of Health Care Journalists

Amy Maxmen's important story in KFF Health News: 150 cow veterinarians were blood-tested for signs of H5N1, study's author was going to publish results in MMWR & give a webinar; CDC canceled both. Your current govt wants you kept blind about infectious disease. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Amid chaos after federal grants were frozen, know that my research colleagues: - Develop new cancer treatments for kids - Are curing sickle cell disease - Build new tech to help premature babies survive - Prevent teens from dying of drug overdose - And more Are we really halting this? #NIH #MedSky

More reasons to support the tireless work of @propublica.org

Finally had a chance to read the story on shaken baby syndrome from @pamelacolloff.bsky.social. It's chilling. "For the Flannerys, having three physicians who provided an alternate explanation for Arlo’s symptoms did not prove to be enough."

The video evidence is what I always come back to when I think of Jan. 6. We @propublica.org created this interactive piece of videos that Parler users recorded and uploaded from their own POV that day, and it remains as disturbing today as it was then. projects.propublica.org/parler-capit...

Thank you @texasstandard.bsky.social for the opportunity to talk about what happened to Kimberly Ray, and what her case might mean for the rest of us. Story in @texasmonthly.bsky.social January issue.

For most of this year, I’ve been investigating the sudden death of a young woman named Kimberly Ray. In the spring of 2021, she went into an ambulatory surgery center for what was supposed to be a quick, extremely safe procedure. Her husband and young daughter waited for her in the car. 🧵 1/6

Incredible story from @davidmcswane.bsky.social and @propublica.org

Tragic story- and perhaps even worse than it appears. My own doctor did not leave Texas, but she did stop providing obstetric care.

So, @propublica.org reports that Georgia's maternal mortality review committee determined that two women died after being denied access to care under the state's abortion ban, and Georgia's response is to dismiss all members of the committee. www.propublica.org/article/geor...

For a second I thought Kid Rock was going to be Secretary of Labor

Transcribed a tape using AI today and it thought "anoxic brain injury" was actually "a Nazi brain injury" and I think that pretty much describes the current state of things.

This is literally the job.

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to require doctors in Texas to perform certain emergency abortions when the procedure would conflict with the state’s strict abortion ban.

Heartbreaking to read how women are dying. "Thurman waited in pain in a hospital bed, worried about what would happen to her 6-year-old son, as doctors monitored her infection spreading, her blood pressure sinking and her organs beginning to fail." www.propublica.org/article/geor...