Health – Page 21 – Florida Center for Investigative Reporting

Miles de trabajadores de caña de azúcar mueren ante escasez de acción oficial

December 13, 2011

Sasha Chavkin and Ronnie Greene: Cada año desde 2005 hasta 2009, la enfermedad renal ha matado a 2.800 hombres en Centroamérica, según el análisis de los datos de la Organización Mundial de la Salud llevado a cabo por la International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.

Thousands of Sugar Cane Workers Die as Wealthy Nations Stall on Solutions

December 13, 2011

Sasha Chavkin and Ronnie Greene: Mysterious kidney disease has killed thousands of men in an isolated region of Central America, but why?

Report: State’s Medicaid Overhaul Could Result in Disenrollment of 800,000

December 9, 2011

Ralph De La Cruz: According to a recent report, the state's plan to charge every Medicaid recipient $10 per month could result in the disenrollment of 800,000 Floridians, the overwhelming majority children.

El experimento caribeño de Monsanto

November 22, 2011

Eliván Martínez: La principal productora de semillas transgénicas del mundo alquila parte de las mejores tierras agrícolas de la Isla con un esquema de legalidad cuestionable, mientras recibe incentivos de la administración Fortuño.

Florida Sanctions Top Medicaid Prescribers — But Only After A Shove

November 18, 2011

ProPublica: Medicaid programs have long had evidence that a few physicians prescribed risky drugs in excess. But states only began to investigate after an inquiry by Sen. Charles Grassley.

U.S. Government Will Review 300,000 Deportation Cases

November 17, 2011

Jacob Kushner: Following FCIR's investigation of deportations to Haiti, the Obama administration announced plans to review pending deportation cases of low-level criminal offenders.