Allow me to put my most sympathetic reaction to the Walter Duranty Prize Board’s predicament in text form: Bwa-hahahahahahaha. This saga starts with the Pulitzer Prize board’s refusal to withdraw the awards it granted the New York Times and Washington Post in 2018 for their coverage of what turned out to be a hoax about...
The US has announced that it is cutting $50m (£37m) in aid to Zambia’s health sector, due to the country’s failure to address the “systematic theft” of donated drugs and medical supplies. This “difficult” decision was taken after repeated warnings to the Zambian government to safeguard vital drugs meant for the country’s most vulnerable patients,...
This article was originally published by The Lever, an investigative newsroom. If you like this story, sign up for The Lever’s free newsletter. Madison, a 12-year-old from Illinois, visits a medical clinic every other week to get injections of Xolair, a powerful asthma and allergy medication. The drug helps protect her from severe asthma attacks...