Jeff Gerth
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Hillary Clinton’s Mixed Record on Wall Street Belies Her Tough ‘Cut it Out’ Talk
As a U.S. senator during the crisis years, Clinton’s legislative proposals to reform banking and housing finance didn’t gain traction. → Read More
Johnson & Johnson Emerges Victorious in Lawsuit on Tylenol’s Risks
Hundreds of cases are pending that involve claims that Tylenol has caused liver damage and deaths. The pain reliever’s maker won a jury verdict in the first. → Read More
New Trial Records: Doctors Recommended Tylenol — But Only at Lower Doses
Internal company documents that have emerged in a New Jersey trial make clear that marketing for Tylenol did not convey doctors’ concerns about its risks. → Read More
New Court Docs: Maker of Tylenol Had a Plan to Block Tougher Regulation
Filings from a lawsuit, scheduled to go to trial today in Atlantic City, describe a previously unreported lobbying campaign by McNeil Consumer Healthcare to protect its iconic painkiller. → Read More
After Years of Study, the FDA Endorses Safety Device for Liquid Children’s Medications
Flow restrictors can help prevent children from taking too much acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, which can cause liver damage if taken in high doses. → Read More
FDA Examines Whether MRI Drugs Accumulate in Brain Tissue
The agency says doctors should consider limiting MRIs to reduce exposure from certain image-enhancing drugs that contain the metal gadolinium. → Read More
Judges Revive Claim that AT&T Overcharged Schools for Internet Service
A lawsuit can proceed against the company for allegedly failing to offer the required discounts to schools and libraries, says an appeals court. → Read More
How Much Acetaminophen a Day is Safe? Canada May Decide It’s Less
After an investigation by the Toronto Star, Canada’s top health agency considers whether to lower the maximum recommended daily dose of the active ingredient in Tylenol and other painkillers. → Read More
Are MRIs Leaving Toxic Traces in the Brain?
Researchers raise alarms about unknown health risks of GE’s Omniscan and Bayer’s Magnevist, drugs injected to get better MRI pictures that contain the heavy metal gadolinium. → Read More
Overuse, Safety Questions Cloud Advair’s Ascent to Asthma Blockbuster
Millions of Americans use GlaxoSmithKline's purple inhaler. But whether Advair poses a higher risk of asthma-related death remains uncertain 15 years after regulators approved the drug. → Read More
Overuse, Safety Questions Cloud Advair’s Ascent to Asthma Blockbuster
Millions of Americans use GlaxoSmithKline's purple inhaler. But whether Advair poses a higher risk of asthma-related death remains uncertain 15 years after regulators approved the drug. → Read More
Private Emails Reveal Ex-Clinton Aide’s Secret Spy Network
Emails disclosed by a hacker show a close family friend was funneling intelligence about the crisis in Libya directly to the Secretary of State’s private account starting before the Benghazi attack. → Read More
Leaked Private Emails Reveal Ex-Clinton Aide's Secret Spy Network
Starting weeks before Islamic militants attacked the U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, longtime Clinton family confidante Sidney Blumenthal supplied intelligence to then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gathered by a secret network that included a former CIA clandestine service officer, according to hacked emails from Blumenthal's account. → Read More
Private Emails Reveal Ex-Clinton Aide’s Secret Spy Network
Emails disclosed by a hacker show a close family friend was funneling intelligence about the crisis in Libya directly to the Secretary of State’s private account starting before the Benghazi attack. → Read More
Leaked Private Emails Reveal Ex-Clinton Aide's Secret Spy Network
Starting weeks before Islamic militants attacked the U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, longtime Clinton family confidante Sidney Blumenthal supplied intelligence to then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gathered by a secret network that included a former CIA clandestine service officer, according to hacked emails from Blumenthal's account. → Read More
Hillary Clinton’s Top Five Clashes Over Secrecy
The latest flap over her private emails as secretary of state is far from the first time she's been accused of lacking transparency. → Read More
Echoes of Hillary’s Past as Emails Put Her on Defensive
Hillary Clinton defense of her use of personal emails while Secretary of State triggers memories of the ‘pink press conference’ during the Whitewater investigation. → Read More
What Tim Geithner Really Thought Of Obama Administration
Pop quiz: Which high-profile official faulted the Obama administration for the following botched responses to the financial crisis?1) Policing bad banks: "The enforcement response we sought came way more slowly than would have been ideal ... and... → Read More
In Private Papers, A More Candid Tim Geithner Speaks Out
The former Treasury secretary and architect of the Obama administration's financial rescue sounds more like some of his detractors in papers that were never meant to be public. → Read More
All the Things Hillary Clinton’s Book Doesn’t Say About Iraq
In “Hard Choices,” the former secretary of state ignores or glosses over key aspects of her record on Iraq—including State Department responsibility for the country’s security assistance. → Read More