Every year, about 18,000 people have a spinal cord injury. A new non-invasive stimulator from ONWARD Medical improved patients' arm+hand function when paired with rehab.

See more of the details STAT:
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The worst health AI-related pitch Bob Kocher has seen? AI dating bots. One of the many fun nuggets from Mohana Ravindranath's conversation with the health tech VC, documented by me:
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This story is perhaps apt illustration of Mitt Romney Romney's concerns about fed bird flu response:
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via Rachel Cohrs Zhang Lizzy Lawrence Nicholas Florko

In which Nicholas Florko has an extremely easy time buying raw milk...despite its immense health risks with H5N1 circulating, and FDA consumer warnings
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NEW: An Abbott device that failed in heart disease patients is getting a new life in patients with severe vascular disease.

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Also I am sorry to Scott Gottlieb, MD that I came into the office when I found out Lizzy and Rachel were pursuing story this in earnest and screamed 'have you seen the photos of Gottlieb and Purdue waiving the meat and eggs in the air???'

The Biden admin announced it’s raising taxes on imported medical products from China, including syringes, which have received multiple FDA warnings about leaks and breakages.
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This story on USDA and FDA's history has fun and news. There are regulators waving groceries in the air, binders full of turf battles, and fights over catfish — but also pointed criticism of USDA's testing for H5N1. w/ Lizzy Lawrence & Nicholas Florko
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As USDA, FDA try to respond to H5N1 bird flu, instructive to look back to the days when one FDA officials had a folder labelled “FDA/USDA Turf Battle.”
By Lizzy Lawrence Rachel Cohrs Zhang Nicholas Florko
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NEW w/ Rachel Cohrs Zhang & Nicholas Florko: How the fragmented US food regulatory system can hamper surveillance of outbreaks like H5N1 bird flu. Lots of wild anecdotes in here, from regulators waving meat in the air to USDA & FDA duking it out over catfish. statnews.com/2024/05/14/bir…

Last year, a story from AnnaWernerCBS and I led to the AGGA dental device being yanked off the market. Now we have more: The AGGA's manufacturer ignored reports of it hurting people and was 'never' inspected by the FDA. From KFF Health News & CBS Mornings. kffhealthnews.org/news/article/f…

Why do American healthcare be like that? A primer:

Bob Herman's latest newsletter is a must-read

From 2003's 'It's The Prices, Stupid' to KFF Health News's Bill of the Month to investigations from ProPublica, Journal Sentinel, and BuzzFeed News (RIP):

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Some personal news!

In Texas, with H5N1 in 12 cow herds and 1 confirmed human case, the health department began offering gloves, masks, face shields, goggles, and gowns to all farms in early April.

Four took them up on it.

My latest:

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Software glitch caused certain Tandem insulin pumps to prematurely shut down, Lizzy Lawrence reports: statnews.com/2024/05/08/sof… via STAT