The F.D.A. has taken an industry-friendly approach toward companies using unproven cell cocktails to treat people desperate for relief from aging or damaged joints. Source: NYT > Business – DENISE GRADY and REED ABELSON
Culture of Secrecy Shields Hospitals With Outbreaks of Drug-Resistant Infections
The lack of transparency puts patients at risk, some say. Institutions say disclosure could scare some people away from seeking needed medical care. Source: NYT > Business – ANDREW JACOBS and MATT RICHTEL
Good News: Opioid Prescribing Fell. The Bad? Pain Patients Suffer, Doctors Say.
Doctors and insurers are using federal guidelines as cover to turn away patients, experts tell the C.D.C. and Congress. Source: NYT > Business – JAN HOFFMAN and ABBY GOODNOUGH