Robin Respaut

Healthcare, financial, data journalist for Reuters. [email protected]

[Robin Respaut @RobinRespaut]

Our latest story examines new data showing the rise of adolescents taking Wegovy, GLP1s, for weight-loss. With @chadterhune https://t.co/K8UY8Q0hHy

[Chad Terhune @chadterhune]

Exclusive: US families begin to embrace weight-loss drugs for their children, data show. My latest w/ @RobinRespaut #obesity #wegovy #pediatrics https://t.co/Up6t9wJLYC

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As sales soar for Wegovy and Ozempic, there’s growing debate on how widely these powerful and expensive weight-loss medications should be prescribed and for how long https://t.co/Q3ZNMuhIJw by @chadterhune @RobinRespaut via @specialreports

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Novo Nordisk, maker of Wegovy and Ozempic, has spent millions of dollars on doctors and obesity experts who exert influence over how weight-loss drugs are dispensed and covered by insurance https://t.co/JNyQFaut1g by @chadterhune @RobinRespaut via @specialreports

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Some top obesity experts are promoting weight-loss drugs for tens of millions of Americans. Some of those same doctors also took large amounts of money from Novo Nordisk, the maker of Wegovy and Ozempic, @Reuters found https://t.co/nl5D3BLlJD by @chadterhune @RobinRespaut

[Reuters @Reuters]

How Novo Nordisk forged financial ties with leading obesity doctors with broad influence over how weight-loss drugs like Wegovy are used. @Reuters investigates https://t.co/rJk6RkcTMx by @chadterhune @RobinRespaut via @specialreports

[Chad Terhune @chadterhune]

My latest story with colleague @RobinRespaut. We dug into the FDA's adverse events database, filed public records requests and interviewed numerous doctors and patients about this potential safety issue #obesity #patientsafety https://t.co/EPVJJDxGZN

[Robin Respaut @RobinRespaut]

@eacamp3 @Reuters @NightShiftMD @chadterhune Thank you for sharing your experience, Elaine. Curious - what was the asthma drug? We published a story in June about this asthma medication and its neuropsychiatric side effects: https://t.co/oDkZYjgeyN

[Robin Respaut @RobinRespaut]

Our latest story describes the experiences of patients who took the new, popular weight-loss drugs and experienced suicidal thoughts. https://t.co/eIQrk8SHDl with @chadterhune

[Gabrielle Fonseca Johnson @GFonsecaJohnson]

Are you an early career Indian photographer?

@Reuters has launched the Danish Siddiqui Photojournalism Internship in memory of our late colleague who continues to inspire us all.

This year-long, paid internship, will be based in Delhi.

Join our team: https://t.co/jSxgXYjgRl

[Robin Respaut @RobinRespaut]

Our latest: Merck’s best-selling asthma and allergy medicine, Singulair, has been linked for years to suicides and psychiatric problems, often in children. https://t.co/oDkZYjgeyN w/@FedcourtJunkie @kristinacooke @mike_d_spector
and Ben Lesser

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Nicholas England, a healthy 22-year-old from Virginia, shot himself in the head in 2017 shortly after starting to take an allergy medicine. His parents were blocked from suing drug companies by Supreme Court precedents https://t.co/T7ZYn8n9zy

[Catherine Arnst @cathyarnst]

Congratulations to @RobinRespaut, @chadterhune, @michelleconlin and @jriggers of @Reuters for winning @NIHCM's 2023 General Circulation Journalism Award for their excellent series, "Youth in Transition." Well deserved!

[NIHCM @NIHCMfoundation]

Announcing the winners for the 2023 #NIHCM Awards in Journalism and Research! https://t.co/LmEFdwE1Qu

#NIHCMAwardsJournalism #NIHCMAwardsResearch
@KFFHealthNews @NPR @CBSNews @Reuters @NewsfromScience @aftershockdoc @OnyxCollective @abcnews @hulu @AEAjournals

[Kurtis Alexander @kurtisalexander]

This was farmland in the southern San Joaquin Valley (Kings County, south of Corcoran). #flooding

It’s now more of an ocean

[Robin Respaut @RobinRespaut]

As African kids died, doctors fought for ban on toxic Indian syrup. A haunting special report by ⁦@Reuters⁩ https://t.co/t75p2L8puQ

[Peter Forister 🍁🍂🍁 @forecaster25]

INSANE conditions on Mt Washington, NH. 120mph+ winds and -95°F wind chill. It is above the tropopause, meaning that these are stratospheric winds.

Footage from the summit live stream 2:30-2:40pm. #nhwx

[sandhya dirks @audiosand]

My baby's cancer may have returned and my insurance, @Cigna, is refusing to help cover a PET scan so we can find out if it has, and if needed, continue our work to save his life. No qualms about putting my child's life on the line for their bottom line. He is not even 2 years old

[Robin Respaut @RobinRespaut]

Our latest story about why detransitioners are crucial to the science of gender care, with @chadterhune @michelleconlin https://t.co/Lxxbo1AItc

[Jennifer Rigby @jriggers]

Demand for care among England’s trans teens is growing. So are obstacles to treatment https://t.co/E6s7Oprynq with @chadterhune @RobinRespaut