Wild story from @annaedney this morning:
Inspectors found egregious conditions at two Chinese plants making ingredients for compounded GLP-1s, including black mold on equipment & “gross contamination” on floors; They also caught employees trying to hide paperwork...
Red light therapy, peptide shots and longevity drugs. People want to live longer and they want their dogs and cats along for the ride as well.
https://t.co/vvLUwTDhP3
Supplement stacks. Red light therapy. Peptide shots.
Many people are biohacking their health to try to live longer, better lives. And now, they’re doing the same for their beloved pets. @annaedney reports https://t.co/twCdte1ifI
On this week's #WTHealth podcast: @annaedney, @SandhyaWrites and Maya Goldman on Trump's vaccine changes, food additive rules, and still more Medicaid. https://t.co/ZfdhzpM1Xi
After pouring almost $1 billion into reshoring medical glove manufacturing, the US still only makes 1% of its supply. @annaedney unpacks America’s medical glove mishaps on the Big Take podcast. https://t.co/YAYCGdjZt1
Six years and almost $1 billion in taxpayer dollars later, there still isn't a company that can produce a 100% American-made medical glove https://t.co/q3Sz7bXWqf
When you think you're getting skincare from a great brand but it's actually made in an industrial park in Louisiana, near a National Tire Wholesale and a Safelite AutoGlass...
and it's contaminated with high levels of cancer-causing benzene to boot
The No Surprises Act was supposed to end surprise medical bills. It succeeded. But the law also accidentally created a system that has enriched medical providers, middlemen and arbitration firms. @sarahkliff
Hormone therapy is making a $6 billion comeback after U.S. health officials nixed safety warnings that kept women from much-needed menopause and perimenopause treatments for two decades
Baby formula recalls rocking companies in Europe and the US have exposed a weakness in an industry that has been increasingly trying to fashion itself as more and more like breast milk: The more sophisticated it tries to be, the harder it is to keep safe
https://t.co/WgTpjwXBvd
on this week's #WTHealth podcast: @mayagoldman_ , @annaedney, and @SherylNYT on the ACA fight, vaccine policy changes, and rural health funding fight. Plus Linda Blumberg on GOP health plans.
https://t.co/Ji1gvrHHOX
On this week's #WTHealth podcast: @LaurenWeberHP, @annaedney, and @JoanneKenen on the GOP's shifting talking points on the shutdown, RIFs at HHS, and another pharma deal with Trump. Also, @LouiseNorris on Medicare's Open Enrollment:
https://t.co/gqiQVdbsp4
On this week's #WTHealth podcast: @LaurenWeberHP, @SandhyaWrites, and @annaedney on the latest fight over spending bills, the MAHA report, and tv drug ads going away? We'll see...
https://t.co/El3MsRVzEf
In my @business Big Take out today I explored how Hologic pushed a medical device on breast cancer patients despite hundreds of complaints, most of which stayed buried until now
Mary Munney Griffiths' breast surgeon pulled 24 shards of plastic out of her chest after the device broke apart inside her, leaving her in constant pain