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Now this is awkward: Head of lab that found asbestos in a bottle of Johnson & Johnson baby powder previously served as an expert witness for J&J in its court battles denying any contamination. (Reuters)
“Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek is again out front on pancreatic cancer, as the face of a new awareness campaign. (Yahoo! Entertainment)
Remember when vaccines were considered a marginal business that drug companies maintained from altruism? Well, GlaxoSmithKline just reported third-quarter vaccine sales of $3 billion. (Reuters)
CBS News takes note of the emerging cardio-oncology field.
Facebook won’t shut down “black salve” groups that promote the caustic paste as a cancer cure. (Buzzfeed News)
A physician’s plea to patients. (KevinMD)
Asthma inhalers — after reformulation to protect the ozone layer — now slammed for their carbon footprint. (CNN)
STAT profiles WHO emergencies chief Mike Ryan.
Payment cut off for some California nursing home residents covered by Medi-Cal managed care plans. (Kaiser Health News)
An attorney persuaded Mississippi appeals court judges that “shaken baby syndrome” isn’t real, who then overturned a man’s murder conviction in the death of his infant daughter. (Daily Journal)
An ICU nurse adopted a 27-year-old patient to make him eligible for a heart transplant. (Today)
The Senate rejected a move by Democrats to cancel a Trump administration rule expanding access to so-called junk insurance plans. (Vox)
Refinery29 shares horror stories of people performing DIY “pore extractions.”
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