#policy-impact

#policy-impact

Since the mid-1940s, the National Institutes of Health has sent billions of dollars to university researchers whose work has led to the creation of scores of lifesaving treatments for a range of diseases, including cancer, Alzheimer's and heart disease. By one estimate, NIH-funded research was linked to roughly 99 percent of drugs that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved between 2010 and 2019.

New York Focus's reporting has directly influenced lawsuits, spurred legislation, and led to the rescission of harmful statewide policies concerning the criminal justice system in New York.

Spending on crime response varies dramatically from one state to another. For instance, California spends significantly more than states with less crime or smaller populations.

Black students were approximately 3.6 times more likely to be suspended out of school, 2.5 times more likely to be suspended in school, and 3.4 times more likely to be expelled compared to white students.

An internal document from the Trump administration reveals that anti-fraud checks at the Social Security agency found only two improper benefit claims out of 110,000.