By mid-March, the US has racked up as many #measles cases in 2024 as the country saw in 2023. cdc.gov/measles/cases-…

Your weekend longread: Megan Rose writes about pediatric surgeons in Utah taking controversial risks with how they care for kids with cleft lip and palate.

Her reporting has already prompted the hospital to review its protocol and informed consent procedures.

I’m 9 months pregnant and today is my due date — I really wanted to finish this story before I went on leave because I think it’s so important.

So please take a read: propublica.org/article/aborti…

Here's the letter from more than 300 leading academics in protest of a new CMSGov proposal that they say will have a 'catastrophic impact' on research that has saved lives and improved health care.
documentcloud.org/documents/2443…

More from ProPublica: propublica.org/article/cms-pr…

new achievement in magazine journalism: getting scammed so hard that the head of the Federal Trade Commission has to step in to help

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Let me remind you that syphilis in babies is preventable. None of these babies should have died. I wrote about this in 2021: cases of infant syphilis are considered a “sentinel event,” a warning that the public health system is failing.
propublica.org/article/babies…

Every day, 60 babies are stillborn in the U.S. Adriana Gallardo and Duaa Eldeib heard from hundreds of their parents. Over and over, people said they grieved the fact that no one would know their children’s names.

So ProPublica’s taking a moment to share 60. projects.propublica.org/stillbirth-mem…

By now, we know the numbers. 20k+ stillbirths a year. ~1 in 4 may be preventable

This memorial takes us to deeply personal moments of grief and love. It forces us to see what not prioritizing stillbirth prevention looks like

Here we remember their names
projects.propublica.org/stillbirth-mem…

🥳 Welcome Nicole Foy!

This is an awesome opportunity to get investigative editing training.

It's so nice to see how effective nirsevimab (Beyfortis) is at keeping babies out of the hospital with RSV.

It'd be even nicer if there was enough supply in the US so I could actually get it for my baby!

What an absolute loss for BI.
The number of incredibly talented people being laid off in journalism this week alone is very depressing.

LATimes confirms 115 journalists laid off, or about 23 percent; newsroom will be at approx 385.

NOTE: Taken in combination with last year's layoffs, the Los Angeles Times has laid off about one third of its newsroom in less than a year.

We are hosting summer interns this year! Come work with us!

Are folks still hanging out on this website? If not, where has everyone gone? I'm still catching up after returning from leave.

As always, open to your tips and ideas. Email me at [email protected] if you have a story that needs investigation.

So many congrats to Caroline Chen Al Shaw Irena Hwang, PhD and Kathleen Flynn for this amazing honor!