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Cherise Doyley, a mother of three, was in labor at a Florida hospital when a nurse brought her a tablet. On the screen were a judge and several lawyers, doctors and hospital staff. Doyley wanted to have a vaginal birth. They wanted to force her to undergo a cesarean section.
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\nDoyley, a professional doula, had had three prior C-sections \u2014 including one that resulted in a hemorrhage. She hoped to avoid another serious complication and lengthy recovery.
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\nIn labor and in a Zoom court hearing, Doyley had no lawyer or advocate and no one to explain to her what was going on. After three hours of testimony, the judge ruled that she could keep trying for a vaginal birth unless there was an emergency.
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\nOvernight, doctors wheeled her into surgery. The baby was delivered by C-section.
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\nProPublica reporter Amy Yurkanin obtained a video recording of Doyley\u2019s court hearing. Watch Doyley undergo this legal ordeal and argue for her own medical choices from a hospital bed.
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The Trump administration has made it more difficult for veterans with a rare but deadly cancer to get their health care needs covered by the government. The policy, involving breast cancer in men, is laid out in a Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica.
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\nThe memo does not cite any evolving science. Rather, it relies on an order that President Donald Trump issued on his first day in office titled: \u201cDefending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government.\u201d
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\nJack Gelman is a former Navy fighter pilot whose long-dormant breast cancer has returned. The VA denied that his breast cancer was related to his service, and his appeal of its decision has since been denied. Listen to him share his experience.
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In the first seven months of President Donald Trump\u2019s second term, authorities arrested and detained parents of at least 11,000 U.S. citizen children \u2014 a number that, if the pace has held up, will have roughly doubled by now. That\u2019s an average of more than 50 U.S. citizen kids a day with a parent pulled into detention.
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In an investigation by ProPublica and the Denver Gazette, reporters Evan Wyloge and Chris Osher bought vape products from dispensaries in Colorado and documented how some may have been made from chemically converted hemp instead of marijuana, a cheaper alternative that can carry potential health risks.
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\nAlthough Colorado was one of the first states to ban intoxicating hemp, new reporting found it may still be showing up in marijuana dispensaries there. The ingestion of toxic chemicals found in hemp-derived vapes can cause liver cancer, lung cancer, damage to the reproductive system and damage to the immune system.
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The number of families being held at the Dilley immigration detention center in Texas has dropped dramatically: This week, the facility\u2019s average daily population fell to around 100 people, down from more than 900 in January.
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Like many reporters, ProPublica Managing Editor Ginger Thompson went to Albany, Georgia, in 2020 to cover COVID-19. The sleepy, majority African American city had become one of the United States\u2019 first hot spots.
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Fourteen-year-old Ariana spent more than 45 days at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in South Texas.
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Clifford Thomas and his family lost four relatives during the COVID-19 pandemic, including his beloved mother, Beverly.
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\nA middle school teacher, Beverly had struggled with chronic health problems all her life, and when they forced her to leave her job due to disability, she was unable to afford regular medical care. Her final request to her son was that he keep the family healthy.
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\nBut in Albany, Georgia, achieving that promise is a battle. The city is served by a single, dominant hospital system, Phoebe Putney Memorial. Its control of the market and Georgia\u2019s strict limits on Medicaid have left nearly one-third of people in Albany, one of the poorest cities in the state, uninsured.
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\nPoor access to quality, affordable care has contributed to deep distrust of the system. Residents like Thomas see Phoebe as more of a barrier to good health than a safety net. He gave up on trying to find medical insurance or a doctor who would care for him without it.
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\nThen, he began to get sick.
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\nThere are millions like Thomas across the United States and dozens of places like Albany \u2014 places with populations suffering high rates of chronic but treatable conditions, where the dominant institution is a hospital. ProPublica examines the country\u2019s health care crisis in a five-part series called \u201cSick in a Hospital Town.\u201d Watch this short documentary for a close-up of one man\u2019s effort to overcome the obstacles to care.
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\nRead or listen to the full series here: https:\/\/propublica.org\/albany.
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