March 2013

Steve Brill on Healthcare and the Media in America

Steve Brill, renowned journalist and entrepreneur, recently released an expansive 26,000 word investigation into the costly state of health care in America. His work was so impressive that ProPublica, an organization renowned for its longform journalism, invited him to partake in a brown bag lunch conversation with their staff.  During the discussion, Brill discussed the […]

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Burn the Data’: Did a Company Try to Hide Risks of GE’s MRI Dye?

In 1994, a scientist studying a new medical imaging dye developed by her company made a troubling discovery. Her superior, she claims, instructed her to “burn the data”. This allegation has been brought to light in a trial concerning the dye, which has been owned by GE Healthcare since 2004. The trial is examining whether

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