Duaa Eldeib
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Investigative reporter @ProPublica. Formerly of @chicagotribune. Always a lover of chocolate.
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Joined April 2011
When she learned her daughter had died, she thought, “If they would have listened to me earlier, I would have delivered a living baby. But if you’re a Black woman, you get dismissed” . Read why Black women are more than twice as likely to have a stillbirth
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Black women in America are more than twice as likely as white women to have a stillbirth. Getting physicians to take their concerns seriously is one reason for this disparity, they say: “If you’re a...
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RT @msanchezMIA: 1/ Early on in President Trump’s second term, I spent a few weeks observing Chicago’s immigration court to get a sense of….
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RT @msanchezMIA: 1/ We got gov. data showing that the Trump administration knew the majority of Venezuelan men it sent to a prison in El Sa….
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RT @tracyweber: When ProPublica’s reporter David Armstrong got cancer and the drug that keeps it at bay cost $1k a pill (but cost 25 cents….
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Woke up feeling so grateful this morning. I get to work w/@AnnieWaldman @MaxBlau @mayatmiller @smmills1960 @charlesornstein Alex Zayas @tracyweber @Ariana_Tobin @mshalhoup @zisiga_m Andrea Wise and SO MANY MORE AMAZING PEOPLE @propublica!. Our reporting:
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American insurance companies — quietly, and with little government pushback — have assumed an outsize role in mental health care. People in pain are paying the price.
So so proud of @deldeib @AnnieWaldman @MaxBlau @mayatmiller for being finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting for their amazing reporting on difficulties accessing mental health care. 🎉🎉.
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RT @nadiasussman: Tonight! ProPublica’s feature doc “Before a Breath” is streaming on YouTube at 8 p.m. EST. The film tells the story of th….
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RT @js_kaplan: NEW: This is a thread about a political influence project you’ve never heard of. It involves the man second in line for the….
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RT @VernalColeman: Incredible reporting here from @CoreyGJohnson, who exposes the hypocrisy inherent in some opposition to authorities comp….
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RT @ryangabrielson: By the time 15-yr-old Jázmin Pellegrini was found dead in an SF driveway last April, Chronicle reporters Cynthia Dizike….
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RT @propublica: Current and former federal workers: We’re here in D.C. sending out our signal 🚨. Contact us confidentially on Signal at 917….
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“They are making a mockery of the allocation system,” said Dr. Sumit Mohan, a kidney specialist and researcher at Columbia University. “It’s shocking. And it’s going to destroy trust in the system.”. Important story from @brianmrosenthal @cocteau @blueshirt.
The American organ transplant system was built to be fair. But increasingly, officials are ignoring the rules and skipping over the patients most in need. Our investigation, with @cocteau and @blueshirt:
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RT @BrettMmurphy: The Justice Department's chief information officer in the immigration review division — a disabled veteran — just resigne….
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They tackled complex issues with life-or-death stakes, and still, they were fired as part of President Donald Trump’s widespread purge of federal workers. Suddenly, the future of their public health missions was in question. W/@AnnieWaldman .
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Public health teams are being gutted, imperiling efforts to safeguard organ donation and prevent maternal and infant death. Many workers expressed fear at what would happen to the work they left...
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RT @msanchezMIA: A few weeks ago, I was talking to a community health worker in Central Wisconsin who works w/ immigrant families, and was….
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RT @AnnieWaldman: The Department of Labor found widespread noncompliance and violations in how health plans and insurers cover mental healt….
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The probe found widespread noncompliance and violations of federal law in how health plans and insurers cover mental health care, echoing the findings of a recent ProPublica investigation.
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“The rebranding of shaken baby syndrome preserved the diagnosis and allowed it to live on with less scrutiny,” says Randy Papetti. “Shaken baby syndrome is alive and well but mostly operates under an alias.” . Read the whole story by the extraordinay @pamelacolloff.
NEW, from me: Shaken baby syndrome--a diagnosis that has resulted in wrongful convictions across the country--continues to shape criminal prosecutions and child welfare investigations, under the name "abusive head trauma." . What happened to one family: .
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In case you missed it, here's yesteday's story: Insurers Continue to Rely on Doctors Whose Judgments Have Been Criticized by Courts . With the amazing @mayatmiller, incredible research from @kirstenberg and smart data analysis from @agnel88_philip .
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In dozens of cases ProPublica reviewed, judges found that some doctors working for these companies engaged in “selective readings” of medical evidence and “shut their eyes” to medical opinions...
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Yesteday we brought you the story of how health insurers have relied on doctors, some of whom “shut their eyes” to medical opinions that opposed their conclusions. Today @mayatmiller & I tell you the story of “You are better” and “You have made progress”.
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Providers, patients and even some federal judges say progress-based insurance denials harm patients at key moments of mental health treatment.
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RT @jackfleonard: The FDA Hasn’t Inspected This Drug Factory After 7 Recalls For The Same Flaw, 1 Potentially Deadly. Please share this imp….
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Glenmark Pharmaceuticals issued seven recalls for pills that didn’t dissolve properly, records show. All were made at the same factory in India. But the FDA still hasn’t stopped the company from...
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RT @shoeshine: NEW: Hospitals are giving patients medication during child labor, then calling child welfare authorities — even the police —….
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Mothers were reported after they were given medications used routinely for pain or in epidurals, to reduce anxiety or to manage blood pressure during cesarean sections.
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RT @smmills1960: NEW: My colleagues at @propublica made a film about the U.S.'s stillbirth crisis -- jumping off from reporting by @deldeib….
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“Before a Breath” gives voice to parents who have lost children to stillbirth. Screenings for the film will roll out across the country in early 2025. Here’s how you can get involved to help spread...
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