Contributor to @kffhealthnews; formerly @business, @guardian
Joined April 2014
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Your Phone Knows You’re at the Doctor — And Advertisers Are Buying That Info @SenatorHassan @SenBillCassidy
Companies are collecting then selling data from mobile devices when people visit hospitals, dialysis clinics, or abortion clinics. Michael Scaturro reports on this crack in medical privacy.
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Can a sunscreen chemical used safely for decades in the EU, etc., rebuild trust? Experts I spoke to for @KFFHealthNews hope so.
“People are not shunning sunscreen because they have stopped believing UV is dangerous. They are shunning it because they have lost trust in what is in the bottle.” Will a newly approved sunscreen chemical change that?
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Thank you, @ATabarrok, @AdeAdamson, @ewg, @dqasci for sharing your thoughts on how the U.S. can improve sunscreens.
Sunscreens in the U.S. just aren't that good, and it all comes down to ingredients.
The FDA hasn't approved key chemicals that provide more protection from ultraviolet rays that can cause skin cancer and lead to wrinkles. nbcnews.com/health/health-ne…
Just in time for summer: I wrote about sunscreens for @NBCNews and @KFFHealthNews.
Sunscreens in the U.S. just aren't that good, and it all comes down to ingredients.
The FDA hasn't approved key chemicals that provide more protection from ultraviolet rays that can cause skin cancer and lead to wrinkles. nbcnews.com/health/health-ne…
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I wrote about rural hospital closures in the U.S., and the impact on Georgia.
While major U.S. metro areas boast the world’s finest medicine, rural America is suffering from a dearth of coverage and hospital closures, according to a wide-ranging report on the state of rural healthcare in America. ajc.com/news/health-news/rep…
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Scotland, Australia, Portugal on track to eliminate cancers caused by HPV. Georgia and California redouble efforts to catch up.
Cancers caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) can be entirely eliminated via a vaccine given to kids, but in Georgia and some other states, not enough young people are taking the shot. ajc.com/news/health-news/pro…
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I wrote about the U.S.'s nationwide drug shortage, and its impact on Georgians.
As the federal government investigates the role of pharmaceutical distribution companies in a nationwide shortage of generic drugs, Georgians say they are having trouble accessing some critical medicines. ajc.com/news/health-news/geo…
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This is air pollution that didn't go onto my lungs (blocked by a KN95 mask) from just one hour of biking/running errands in the city.
I wrote about how two British birds captured 90% of the global market for #chicken. Whether in China, the U.S., the UK, or Africa, we're all eating the same two chickens. (It's a not unlike the Apple/Android global smartphone duopoly)
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With battery trains, Europe hopes to lower carbon footprint and placate youth protesters
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Critics alarmed by EU-funded effort to create biometric ID cards in Africa voanews.com/episode/africa-b…
My story about cows and how the WiFi sensors in their stomachs might help stop pandemics/the overuse of antibiotics. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Europeans look to fasten seatbelts, surf for free at 30,000 feet...
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Apple and EE pen deal to gift Apple Music to new EE subscribers bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Tech and telcos are worried that Brexit could choke flow of data with EU bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
"The convergence between media, networks, broadband is clearly not something that has run its course yet," BT CEO says today during 8am call