Firm Linked to Trump’s Sons Got Nearly $40 Million in Federal Contracts to Screen for Ebola and Other Diseases by Sharon Lerner, Anna Maria Barry-Jester and Robert Faturechi November 9, 2026, 6:00 am

Firm Linked to Trump’s Sons Got Nearly $40 Million in Federal Contracts to Screen for Ebola and Other Diseases XpresTest has years of experience conducting disease screening in U.S. airports but has never worked with Ebola or provided biosecurity services abroad. It’s “a new thing for us,” the company’s CEO said. by Sharon Lerner, Anna Maria Barry-Jester and Robert Faturechi November 9, 2026, 6:00 am https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-sons-xwell-xprestest-government-contracts?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=majorinvestigations&utm_content=river The Trump administration awarded a small biosecurity company nearly $40 million to screen for Ebola and other infectious diseases just months after a firm linked to President Donald Trump’s elder sons invested in its parent company, according to records and interviews.

How We Created a Tool That Tells You Where Your Generic Drugs Were Made by Brandon Roberts, Nick McMillan, Ruth Talbot, Kevin Uhrmacher and Ken Schwencke December 18, 2025, 10:00 am

How We Created a Tool That Tells You Where Your Generic Drugs Were Made For decades, the FDA made it nearly impossible to know which factories were manufacturing your generic medications. ProPublica built a tool to show you. Here’s how we did it. by Brandon Roberts, Nick McMillan, Ruth Talbot, Kevin Uhrmacher and Ken Schwencke December 18, 2025, 10:00 am https://www.propublica.org/article/rx-inspector-fda-generic-drug-tool-methodology

Look Up Where Your Generic Prescription Drugs Were Made

Look Up Where Your Generic Prescription Drugs Were Made The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information on your prescription label to locate the factory and see inspection reports. https://projects.propublica.org/rx-inspector/?_gl=1*1xhpwsw*_ga*NDE2MjE5OTY2LjE3OTAwNzU3NjI.*_ga_K9RW8M6GL5*czE3OTQzOTg2MDIkbzI1JGcxJHQxNzk0Mzk5ODM3JGo2MCRsMCRoMA..

We Sued the Government to Find Where Your Drugs Are Made

Generic drugs are supposed to be just as good as their brand-name counterparts: same ingredients, same effects, cheaper price. But are they? ProPublica spent 14 months investigating how the Food and Drug Administration regulates our drug supply. What we found was a system that gave substandard factories a special pass to keep sending drugs to Americans. We built a tool that will let you find out if your medication comes from one of these factories.

An 11-Day-Old Baby Couldn’t Stop Bleeding. For Hours, the ER Didn’t Provide a Critical Vitamin Shot. by Duaa Eldeib November 8, 2026, 5:00 am (+++)

An 11-Day-Old Baby Couldn’t Stop Bleeding. For Hours, the ER Didn’t Provide a Critical Vitamin Shot. by Duaa Eldeib November 8, 2026, 5:00 am https://www.propublica.org/article/vitamin-k-shot-texas-lonestar-emergency-room-nicole-malouf Reporting Highlights A Risky Decision: When Baby Gwen was born, her parents decided not to have her receive a vitamin K injection, though it’s been standard practice for decades, and gave her drops instead. Desperate Efforts: The emergency room doctor who first treated Gwen tried seven methods to stop the bleeding from her belly button before the baby was transferred to a hospital. Questions of Treatment: The family filed a complaint against the ER doctor with the Texas Medical Board, which alleged she didn’t recognize that Gwen had vitamin K deficiency bleeding. A Popular Doctor Had Long Warned That Vitamin K Shots Are Risky for Newborns. Now He’s Changed His Tune. After ProPublica contacted Dr. Joseph Mercola for an article on babies dying after parents turned down vitamin K shots, he publicly reversed his long-held stance that the shots weren't needed. “The data is clear: vitamin K saves lives,” he wro by Duaa Eldeib June 12, 2026, 5:00 am https://www.propublica.org/article/vitamin-k-shot-joseph-mercola-reversal-babies Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth by Duaa Eldeib May 6, 2026, 6:00 am https://www.propublica.org/article/more-parents-decline-vitamin-k-shot-newborns Reporting Highlights An Essential Shot: Vitamin K shots, which help the blood to clot, are one of three key interventions for newborns, along with an antibiotic eye ointment and the hepatitis B vaccine. Increasing Rejections: The government doesn’t track vitamin K rejections, but hospitals have seen a rise in parents opting out of the shots for their newborns, often driven by unfounded fears. Troubling Data: Hundreds of children die each year from spontaneous bleeding in the brain, a common result of vitamin K deficiency, suggesting that many related deaths go unreported.

Five AI models tackled 227 pharmacy exam questions. Here's where they struggled

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20261109/Five-AI-models-tackled-227-pharmacy-exam-questions-Heres-where-they-struggled.aspx Five leading AI models faced the same 227 infectious disease exam questions, testing whether their accuracy could withstand the demands of specialized knowledge, complex clinical problems, and visual interpretation. In a recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers at the University of the Pacific School of Pharmacy, Stockton, USA, compared the accuracy of five large language models (LLMs) in answering infectious disease-related pharmacy examination questions across different pharmacy subject areas, cognitive levels, and question formats.

ASA urges CMS to protect Medicare's physician supervision standard for anesthesia care

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20261109/ASA-urges-CMS-to-protect-Medicares-physician-supervision-standard-for-anesthesia-care.aspx The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to preserve Medicare's longstanding physician supervision standard for anesthesia care, warning that weakening or eliminating the standard would remove an important Medicare patient-safety safeguard.