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Coming Wednesday: "In India, verdant terrain conceals clues to a fatal kidney disease"
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Video: Mystery in the Fields
A mysterious form of kidney disease is affecting thousands in India and Sri Lanka
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A problem of nationwide proportions
Meridian is not alone under the Justice Department magnifying glass. In a somewhat similar case in Tennessee, DOJ says the Juvenile Court of Memphis and Shelby County has failed both to inform...
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OPINION: ObamaCare's crucial benefits
Politicians who are promising to repeal ObamaCare won’t find any evidence in the Kaiser Family Foundation’s analysis of health insurance costs that the law has caused premiums to skyrocket, as many of...
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Daily Disclosure: FreedomWorks for America releases deluge of ads
Tea-party aligned super PAC FreedomWorks for America released 11 new ads over the weekend targeting hotly contested U.S. Senate races in Florida, Arizona, Ohio, Indiana and Virginia:“The American...
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In Sri Lanka, breakthroughs, setbacks and a spiritual touch
KEBITHIGOLLEWA, Sri Lanka — For two decades, chronic kidney disease has been a mystery and death sentence in Sri Lanka, striking 15 percent of the residents of its north central region.This summer,...
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Slideshow: Mystery in Sri Lanka
Mystery in Sri Lanka A farmer tills his rice paddy in Padaviya, Sri Lanka. Anna Barry-Jester http://www.publicintegrity.org/authors/anna-barry-jester...
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PBS NewsHour interview with reporter Fred Schulte
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Stories from our partner
Our story on Chronic Kidney disease in Sri Lanka was reported in conjunction with PRI’s The World. Listen to Rhitu Chatterjee's story.
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Daily Disclosure: Nonprofit and super PAC team up for ad blitz
Conservative nonprofit American Action Network and its sister super PAC, the Congressional Leadership Fund, have launched a multi-million campaign targeting top congressional races.The groups, which...
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About the 'Mystery in the Fields' project
Mystery in the Fields, a three-part series, explores how a rare form of kidney disease is killing laborers and crippling communities in three different regions, from Central America to Sri Lanka to...
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A problem of nationwide proportions
Meridian is not alone under the Justice Department magnifying glass. In a somewhat similar case in Tennessee, DOJ says the Juvenile Court of Memphis and Shelby County has failed both to inform...
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OPINION: ObamaCare's crucial benefits
Politicians who are promising to repeal ObamaCare won’t find any evidence in the Kaiser Family Foundation’s analysis of health insurance costs that the law has caused premiums to skyrocket, as many of...
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Daily Disclosure: FreedomWorks for America releases deluge of ads
Tea-party aligned super PAC FreedomWorks for America released 11 new ads over the weekend targeting hotly contested U.S. Senate races in Florida, Arizona, Ohio, Indiana and Virginia:“The American...
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In Sri Lanka, breakthroughs, setbacks and a spiritual touch
KEBITHIGOLLEWA, Sri Lanka — For two decades, chronic kidney disease has been a mystery and death sentence in Sri Lanka, striking 15 percent of the residents of its north central region.This summer,...
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Daily Disclosure: Nonprofit and super PAC team up for ad blitz
Conservative nonprofit American Action Network and its sister super PAC, the Congressional Leadership Fund, have launched a multi-million campaign targeting top congressional races.The groups, which...
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Campaign finance reformers gain new ally
How mainstream has advocating for public financing of elections become? So mainstream that moderate North Dakota Democrat Byron Dorgan endorsed the idea in an op-ed in Politico last week.“Government...
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Growth of electronic medical records eases path to inflated bills
Electronic medical records, long touted by government officials as a critical tool for cutting health care costs, appear to be prompting some doctors and hospitals to bill higher fees to Medicare for...
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In India, verdant terrain conceals clues to a fatal kidney disease
UDDANAM, India — A tangle of green blankets the land amid thick tropical heat. Shady groves of cashew trees strew the ground with juicy, perfume-scented fruits. Men can be seen climbing coconut palms...
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