Brandon Wissbaum 6bv12
Executive Producer of Investigations 72s6n
Wilmington, NC 4u4z20
Brandon specializes in crime, consumer and data-driven investigations. Before ing InvestigateTV, he was assistant news director at WECT, Gray Television’s NBC in Wilmington, NC. He also led the station’s investigative team, which under his guidance produced award-winning reporting on a wide range of important issues. He is a graduate of UNC Wilmington and still resides in Wilmington with his wife and son. 3h2i5m
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Dead Zone: Flawed federal programs maroon rural Americans in telehealth blackouts 112m5p
Updated: May 14, 2025 at 6:34 AM CDT
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By Sarah Jane Tribble, KFF Health News, Holly K. Hacker, KFF Health News, Caresse Jackman, Owen Hornstein, Emily Featherston and Brandon Wissbaum
Taxpayers, through federal infrastructure programs, have paid billions of dollars to internet companies to hook up rural Americans. Some communities have nothing to show for it.
Long-idling trains create health, environmental concerns nationwide 19252y
Updated: Apr. 24, 2025 at 8:45 AM CDT
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By Joce Sterman, Scott Smith, Brandon Wissbaum and Jamie Grey
Idling trains are a huge problem in communities across the country - with emissions impacting the environment and the health of people who live nearby as trains sit for hours pumping out pollutants.
Records show drug diversion as major contributor to illegal pill mills, self-prescribed narcotics abuse 1c4e
Updated: Apr. 11, 2025 at 10:56 AM CDT
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By Joce Sterman, Daniela Molina and Brandon Wissbaum
From a nurse who stole pain medications intended for hundreds of women to an anesthesiologist operating a years-long, multi-million-dollar pill mill, diversion is a pervasive issue with few barriers to prevent it.
Dead Zone: Rural hospitals and patients are disconnected from modern care 2w4t1l
Updated: Apr. 10, 2025 at 6:52 AM CDT
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By Sarah Jane Tribble, KFF Health News, Holly K. Hacker, KFF Health News, Caresse Jackman, Owen Hornstein, Emily Featherston and Brandon Wissbaum
Technological gaps handicap rural hospitals as billions in federal funding to modernize infrastructure lags. Reliance on dated systems is eroding care.
Broken Trust: Family demands answers from Medical Group Home on treatment of non-verbal woman 4e6g34
Updated: Mar. 19, 2025 at 6:50 AM CDT
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By Caresse Jackman, Brandon Wissbaum and Scotty Smith
“I feel hopeless. I feel helpless." A New Jersey family is demanding ability and transparency after a non-verbal family member suffered mysterious injuries, bruising and more while in the care of a Group Home.
Millions in US live in places where doctors don’t practice and telehealth doesn’t reach 324i2q
Updated: Mar. 11, 2025 at 6:53 AM CDT
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By Sarah Jane Tribble, KFF Health News, Holly K. Hacker, KFF Health News, Caresse Jackman, Emily Featherston, Owen Hornstein and Brandon Wissbaum
Nearly 3 million Americans live sicker, shorter lives in the hundreds of rural counties where doctor shortages are the worst and poor internet connections mean little or no access to telehealth services.
Deadly plane, helicopter collision renews concerns over airport ‘squeezed’ to its limits 3q235
Updated: Feb. 7, 2025 at 11:24 AM CST
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By Joce Sterman, Emily Featherston, Jamie Grey, Brandon Wissbaum and Scotty Smith
Following the deadly midair collision on Wednesday, our investigators found that dozens of close calls have been reported at Reagan National since 2010.
Beating the Clock: Many schools nationwide still lack AEDs on campus 4k546
Updated: Sep. 9, 2024 at 11:05 AM CDT
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By Daniela Molina, Rachel DePompa, Brandon Wissbaum and Geneva Smith
Cardiac arrest is the top cause of death among young athletes in the U.S. However InvestigateTV found that not all schools across the country don't carry automated external defibrillators.