John Fauber
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Milwaukee, WI, United States
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Aaron Rodgers raises concerns about COVID vaccines. Here's what health officials say.
Concerns raised by Aaron Rodgers about COVID vaccines already have been addressed by federal health officials. → Read More
10% of white Wisconsin residents have been vaccinated so far, but only 3% of Black residents
Wisconsin's Department of Health Services is now posting county-by-county and racial information on who's getting the vaccine. → Read More
After getting placebo in vaccine trial, medical reporter opts for the real thing
Medical reporter signed up for a Covid vaccine trial, got placebo shots and then opted to receive the real thing → Read More
Milwaukee VA Medical Center plans to vaccinate thousands, but not every veteran is eligible. Here's what to know.
VA Medical Center in Milwaukee has 6,200 vaccines scheduled and is getting 2,000 doses every three weeks → Read More
Unblind me, please. I still don't know if I got a placebo in my COVID-19 vaccine trial.
This is about my experience as a COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial volunteer who just got his second shot and who doesn't know if I got a placebo. → Read More
Many COVID-19 vaccine trial volunteers, including me, wonder what was injected in our arms
Those who suspect they got placebos may soon want to drop out and get vaccinated, but that may hinder long-term research → Read More
For 60 years, underreporting has plagued the FDA system for tracking drug side effects
The FDA's adverse events system has been the primary surveillance tool for monitoring side effects caused by drugs after they're on the market. → Read More
I'm a medical writer who just got vaccinated against COVID-19, maybe. You can still join the clinical trial.
After years of writing about clinical trials, a medical reporter gets into one for COVID19. But he doesn't know if he got a placebo or the real thing → Read More
'What he is doing is outrageous': Doctors slam Sen. Ron Johnson over hearing on COVID-19 treatments
Doctors are criticizing a hearing held this week by U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, about controversial treatments for COVID-19. → Read More
Purdue Pharma, whose OxyContin sparked the opioid epidemic, agrees to pay $8 billion
Nearly 25 years after its OxyContin product helped fuel the opioid epidemic, Purdue Pharma agrees to pay $8 billion in DOJ settlement. → Read More
Drug companies spend millions so that doctors will prescribe risky and expensive drugs
A lawsuit claims one pharmaceutical company paid doctors to prescribe the drug and sent the nurses into homes “to keep patients on a dangerous drug." → Read More
New medications get tested on healthier people. The results don't always work on real-world patients.
There are two kinds of patients: Healthier people who are picked to test drugs in medical trials, and those who use them after they go on the market. → Read More
FDA puts stringent warning on the Pfizer drug Xeljanz because of clots and deaths
The action comes three weeks after questions were raised in a Journal Sentinel story about the agency’s lack of action on the drug under former Commissioner Scott Gottlieb who later took a job on Pfizer’s board of directors. → Read More
A drug's most dangerous side effects often aren't discovered until it's on the market
More than half of the FDA-approved biologic drugs received the agency’s severest warning — only after the drugs were already on the market. → Read More
What you should know about the safety and side effects of biologic drugs for psoriasis and arthritis
Biologic drugs are effective but have been linked to a growing number of serious side effects, including thousands of deaths. → Read More
UW plastic surgeon sued by a female patient who alleges sexual exploitation and negligence
UW surgeon John Siebert, who was involved in a sexual misconduct case in New York, has now been sued by a Wisconsin woman. → Read More
Exposing Bad Docs Who Hide From Their Past
One proposed solution: open the National Practitioner Data Bank to the public → Read More
Doctors who surrender a medical license in one state can practice in another — and you might never know
License surrender in the face of discipline for bad behavior in one state was met with far more lenient discipline -- if any punishment at all -- in another. → Read More
Bad Docs Give Up Licenses, But Not Medical Practice
More than 250 surrender licenses in one state, but still practice in another → Read More
FDA warning letters to doctors flag serious problems, but state medical boards do nothing
Doctors were warned by FDA about problems with clinical trial research, fertility clinics, unproven remedies, but state medical boards fail to act. → Read More