Coronavirus:
Should you quarantine because of the coronavirus? Reporters Maya Miller, Caroline Chen and Joshua Kaplan say it depends on who you ask. That’s because public agencies, local authorities and national governments don’t seem to agree on who should be quarantined or what that should actually look like. Here’s what our reporters do know.
A requirement to test people twice is slowing everything down. The Food and Drug Administration’s strict guidance is forcing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to double test some of their coronavirus cases. The directive is supposed to speed up the response to COVID-19 by confirming each test’s accuracy, but experts say it’s actually slowing down response time and wasting limited resources.
As the coronavirus spreads in the United States, emergency medical providers are scrambling to keep up. ProPublica reporters spoke to more than two dozen EMTs, firefighters and paramedics across the country. They raised a variety of concerns, saying they lack adequate staff, equipment and guidance to do their jobs and protect themselves.
Having access to running water is essential to slow the spread of the coronavirus, but some utility companies serving the U.S. epicenter of the pandemic in Washington haven’t committed to stopping water shut-offs for customers with overdue bills (even though federal lawmakers are demanding it).
Having access to running water is essential to slow the spread of the coronavirus, but some utility companies serving the U.S. epicenter of the pandemic in Washington haven’t committed to stopping water shut-offs for customers with overdue bills (even though federal lawmakers are demanding it).
Our reporting depends on tips, information and expertise from people like you. If you’re in quarantine, tell us about it. If you’re living or working on the front lines of the coronavirus in some other way, we want to hear that, too. We’re reading all of your responses.
Trump Org Paid Bribes, Assessors Say:
Trump Org Paid Bribes, Assessors Say:
The Trump Organization paid bribes, through middlemen, to New York City tax assessors to lower its property tax bills for several Manhattan buildings in the 1980s and 1990s, according to five former tax assessors and city employees as well as a former Trump Organization employee. Trump denied any wrongdoing at the time, and the Trump Organization reiterated that position in response to questions for our latest episode of “Trump, Inc.”
Carry a Special Felon ID or Face Jail Time:
A little-known Alabama state law requires people with multiple felony convictions to register with law enforcement and carry special ID cards. When felons are caught without them, they can be arrested and fined or jailed. The law is the only one like it in the country, and legal experts say it’s likely unconstitutional and reminiscent of slavery-era restrictions that required black people in many parts of the South to present identification to white people on demand.
Thousands of Foster Children Sent Out of State:
Across the country, child welfare officials have sent thousands of foster children to mental health institutions in distant states, including facilities where children reported they faced abuse and neglect. ProPublica Illinois reporter Duaa Eldeib and David Jackson from the Chicago Tribune found that even when police and facility employees documented allegations of harm, officials responsible for the children didn’t always see or act on those reports.
Last but not least, from our very own Charles Ornstein, here’s why we should stop comparing this coronavirus to the flu.
Carry a Special Felon ID or Face Jail Time:
A little-known Alabama state law requires people with multiple felony convictions to register with law enforcement and carry special ID cards. When felons are caught without them, they can be arrested and fined or jailed. The law is the only one like it in the country, and legal experts say it’s likely unconstitutional and reminiscent of slavery-era restrictions that required black people in many parts of the South to present identification to white people on demand.
Thousands of Foster Children Sent Out of State:
Across the country, child welfare officials have sent thousands of foster children to mental health institutions in distant states, including facilities where children reported they faced abuse and neglect. ProPublica Illinois reporter Duaa Eldeib and David Jackson from the Chicago Tribune found that even when police and facility employees documented allegations of harm, officials responsible for the children didn’t always see or act on those reports.
Last but not least, from our very own Charles Ornstein, here’s why we should stop comparing this coronavirus to the flu.
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