About this project
The Center for Public Integrity and Columbia Journalism Investigations collaborated on this project with newsrooms around the country.
Category
Health
Disasters are driving a mental health crisis
From climate-fueled storms to COVID-19, mounting catastrophes are sowing stress and trauma. The country’s one program to help reaches only a fraction of survivors.
Drug hyped as viable treatment for COVID-19 makes its way to Louisiana hospitals, but experts remain unsure about effectiveness
Studies have thus far found only limited benefits from remdesivir.
Medical experts offer advice on the risks of common activities in phase one
How safe is the beach? Restaurants? Church? The Lens talks with doctors about how (or whether) people can participate safely in the gradual reopening.
Doctors urge caution as state enters phase one of reopening
‘Phase one doesn’t mean it’s 100 percent safe,’ said a state Health Department official.
Scientists race for vaccine, but still struggle to understand how new virus works
New complications seen in a small number of children just one recent wrinkle in learning about what COVID-19 does.
Studies show link between pollution and COVID-19 mortality
Following a Harvard study showing a correlation between COVID-19 mortality and pollution, the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic shows the link in Louisiana's most polluted parishes.
As officials consider plans for reopening, many unanswered questions remain
‘We’ve become aware of just how much we don’t know pertaining to this particular virus,’ one doctor told The Lens.
At hospitals and on the curb, pandemic leads to more medical waste
How waste contractors are dealing with heavier, more hazardous loads.
The path to reopening: More testing, contact tracing needed to safely restart the state
The governor hopes to begin the reopening process soon, but the state says it still needs hundreds of workers to implement a contact tracing program.
