Posts tagged new york times

• Fearing a Flu Vaccine?

  Paul Kiesel | November 09, 2009 6:37 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  From The New York Times: When I tell nonmedical friends that our clinic is vaccinating children against the H1N1 flu virus, here is what they say. With about half, it is something like: “Oh,...

• Lucrative Fees More Attractive to Loan Servicers than Modifications

  Paul Kiesel | August 04, 2009 4:21 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  From The New York Times: This week, the Obama administration summoned mortgage company executives to Washington to demand they move faster to lower payments for homeowners sliding toward...

• NYT: Safer Food?

  Paul Kiesel | July 30, 2009 5:48 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  From The New York Times: Far too many Americans are falling ill after eating foods tainted with salmonella, E. coli and other pathogens. The Food and Drug Administration, which is charged with...

• NYT: The Eyeshade Smelled Trouble

  Paul Kiesel | June 29, 2009 4:41 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  From The New York Times: WHEN it comes to corporate America, critics and skeptics are about as welcome as skunks at a pool party. And when companies try to silence dissenters, shareholders are...

• One of the Largest Food Recalls Ever Just Got Bigger: Peanut Corp. Texas Closed

  Paul Kiesel | February 12, 2009 8:31 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  From The New York Times: WASHINGTON — The Peanut Corporation of America closed its processing plant in Plainview, Tex., on Monday night after a laboratory test indicated possible salmonella...

• Paul Krugman is on the Edge

  Paul Kiesel | February 06, 2009 7:53 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  As the economy remains stagnant or contracts into a more depressing declivity, reports of the number of job losses from January coming in and continuing to rise (600,000 and counting; not to mention...

• What Did JPMorgan Know?

  Paul Kiesel | January 29, 2009 1:43 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  From the New York Times: By CLAUDIO GATTI and DIANA B. HENRIQUES JPMorgan Chase says that its potential losses related to Bernard L. Madoff, the man accused of engineering an immense global Ponzi...

• Cuomo Announces Historic Nationwide Health Insurance Reform, Will Create Fair Rates for Consumers Nationwide

  Paul Kiesel | January 13, 2009 9:25 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo has reached an agreement with UnitedHealth Group Inc., the nation's second largest health insurer, to reform the nationwide health care reimbursement system, after...

• How Do You Say Heparin Recall in Mandarin?

  Paul Kiesel | December 02, 2008 6:12 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The FDA, after years of criticism for its responses to food-sickness outbreaks and contaminated imports, unveiled a report on Monday that summarizes what officials call a hugely ambitious campaign...

• NYT: Bush Aides Hurry to Pass Contentious Labor Department Rule

  Paul Kiesel | December 02, 2008 2:25 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  President Bush has said that he wants to work with President-elect Obama to make the transition process as smooth as possible. Logically, this makes sense for the greater good of the country,...