The FDA found that Sun Pharma, which produces generic drugs for U.S. consumers, failed to investigate the source of bacteria found in test vials or promptly deal with damaged equipment that had caused drugs to be contaminated with metal particles.
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RFK Jr. Wants to Overhaul a Vital System That Supports Childhood Immunization
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Dramatic changes to the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program could drive drugmakers from the market, threatening access to shots, experts say.
“If (Kennedy’s) unstated goal is to basically destroy the vaccine industry, that could do it.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/rfk-childhood-vaccines-vicp?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Health #Vaccines #RFKJr #Children #Medicine #PublicHealth
Unsanitary Practices Persist at Baby Formula Factory Whose Shutdown Led to Mass Shortages, Workers Say
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“Persistent leaks” and “unaddressed contamination issues” are among the problems workers say they witnessed at one of the nation’s largest baby formula plants. “I can’t have this on my conscience,” one told ProPublica.
https://www.propublica.org/article/baby-formula-abbot-sturgis-michigan-shortages-unsanitary-conditions-workers-say?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills.
But the insurer did make some exceptions. On several occasions, Blue Cross executives signed deals to pay for their wives’ treatment.
https://www.propublica.org/article/blue-cross-blue-shield-louisiana-insurance-lawsuit-breast-cancer-doctors?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
“Not Just Measles”: Whooping Cough Cases Are Soaring as Vaccine Rates Decline
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While much of the country is focused on the spiraling measles outbreak, experts warn that whooping cough and other preventable diseases could get much worse with falling vaccination rates and Trump’s slashing of public health infrastructure.
https://www.propublica.org/article/whooping-cough-measles-outbreak-vaccine-hesitancy-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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Medical Warning for Diabetics out there.
OH has type two diabeties, so needs to do the fingertip prick test on a regular basis. His diabeties is controlled with medication and diet - no daily injection.
But he’s not a fan of the prick test, so when he saw an ad for a REMI-FA blood test [[clinically validated] he ordered one. It’s around £20 for this item.
His plan was to use it in parallel with the fingertip prick test to ensure it was accurate before he would consider abandoning that one.
Well, box arrived - shows an item on the front and claims it is ‘Clinically Validated’ - but all the box contains is one of those little fingertip blood pressure and temperature monitors.
He’s asked for his money back - Lol. I’d say it’s gone with the wind.
I did some checking on the Diabeties UK and some other sites, and it is most definitely a scam.
If you know someone who has to do the prick test, please don’t let them stop doing it; especially if they bought one of these things.
Disgusting that some lowlife would put peoples lives at risk by scamming people about their blood sugars.
#Scam #Diabeties #Health
Remembering the Incredible Life of DIY Geneticist Jill Viles
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In 2013, ProPublica reporter David Epstein was contacted by a woman with a wild story and a batch of photos she believed were clues to the mystery of her condition. Turns out, she was right.
https://www.propublica.org/article/remembering-jill-viles-diy-geneticist-muscular-dystrophy-david-espstein?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#Journalism #Genetics #Science #Research #Health #Disability
Elon Musk’s net worth fluctuates around $220 billion — more than the GDP of over 130 countries. But what if that wealth did more than fund rockets and cars? Here are 10 ways a person of his wealth could change the world and cement a lasting legacy. 🧵
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An Indian Drugmaker, Investigated by ProPublica Last Year, Has Recalled Two Dozen Medications Sold to U.S. Patients
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FDA inspectors found serious problems at a Glenmark factory in India that manufactured the recalled drugs. Another medication made there has been tied to deaths of U.S. patients.
https://www.propublica.org/article/glenmark-recalls-two-dozen-drugs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #FDA #Pharma #Regulation #Recall #Consumer #Safety #Health
Trump’s War on Measurement Means Losing Data on Drug Use, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change and More
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By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose consequences could ripple out for decades.
#News #Trump #DOGE #Data #Climate #Health #Environment #Immigration #Science #Education
The Glenmark drug recalls cover a wide range of commonly prescribed medicines — including ones that treat epilepsy, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, heart disease and high blood pressure.
Check the full list:
https://www.propublica.org/article/glenmark-recalls-two-dozen-drugs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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Whooping cough (pertussis) cases have skyrocketed by more than 1,500% nationwide since 2021.
Deaths tied to the disease are also up — hitting 10 last year, compared with about two to four in previous years — and cases are on track to exceed that total in 2025.
#News #PublicHealth #WhoopingCough #Vaccines #Disease #Health #RFKJr #Trump
When a firefighter dies, a small team of federal health workers helps pinpoint what went wrong and identify how to avoid similar accidents in the future.
Trump laid off nearly all of them.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-cuts-firefighter-deaths?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
New Law Increases Oversight of Arizona Sober Living Homes
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The legislation follows a ProPublica and Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting investigation on a $2 billion Medicaid fraud scheme that targeted Native Americans seeking drug and alcohol treatment.
https://www.propublica.org/article/arizona-sober-living-homes-oversight-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Arizona #Native #Indigenous #Law #Medicaid #Fraud #Health #Addiction
A Las Vegas Festival Promised Ways to Cheat Death. Two Attendees Left Fighting for Their Lives.
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Authorities are investigating why two women fell ill at the Revolution Against Aging and Death Festival. They both received peptide injections, an alternative therapy promoted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as a way to fight aging and chronic disease.
https://www.propublica.org/article/peptide-injections-raadfest-rfk-jr?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Amid concerns about the stability of the agency, records show nearly 40% of the doctors offered jobs at the VA from January through March of this year turned them down — quadruple the rate of rejections for the same period a year earlier.
The Preventing Maternal Deaths Act pumped tens of millions of dollars a year into a program to help fund state committees that review maternal deaths and identify their causes.
It’s now at risk of being cut.
https://www.propublica.org/article/maternal-mortality-erase-mm-funding-cuts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Again and again, the FDA tolerated substandard manufacturing at a Sun Pharma factory after the company promised to make changes, according to documents obtained by ProPublica. The medications kept flowing to the U.S. market.