With the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warning Friday that a new, much more contagious strain of the coronavirus could become the dominant source of infection in the country by March, public health advocates underscored the imperative for…

ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. With no public notice, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in October shut down a key…

Maria Howard, Gonzaga University In Los Angeles County, ambulance crews are being told to conserve oxygen and to not take certain trauma and heart attack patients they can’t resuscitate in the field. When ambulances do transport patients, they often wait…