
Jeneen Interlandi
Staff Writer at The New York Times Magazine
Correspondent at The New York Times Opinion
naturalized U.S. citizen. domestic correspondent @nytopinion & staff writer @nytmag. mostly public health.
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Jeneen Interlandi
By the time their spending accounts were reactivated on Thursday, some scientists at the National Institutes of Health said they were running on fumes. They had spent weeks scrambling to keep their labs running amid spending freezes, firing rampages and the chaos and confusion brought on by both. They were reusing latex gloves in an effort to conserve supplies.
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Nov 20, 2024 |
nytimes.com | Jeneen Interlandi
T he best and worst developments in public health have always come from moments of crisis. In 1937, when the Food and Drug Administration was still a tiny, toothless backwater unable to enforce even basic safety standards for the products under its purview, a new medication called Elixir Sulfanilamide killed 100 or so people in the space of a few weeks. It might have been a minor incident. Fake and faulty medicine was rampant at the time, and accidental poisonings were not uncommon.
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Jan 6, 2024 |
nytimes.com | Jeneen Interlandi |Jillian Weinberger
Effective treatments for addiction exist. We just need to use them.
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Dec 13, 2023 |
nytimes.com | Jeneen Interlandi |Damon Winter
Raina Mcmahan, a 42-year-old recovery coach, spent roughly half her life seeking treatment for her own opioid use disorder. She tried detoxing multiple times at different inpatient facilities, but those programs usually discharged her after a week or two without any follow-up care. She paid one doctor $500 to treat her with buprenorphine, a medication that helps reduce opioid cravings, but he administered that medication improperly.
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Dec 13, 2023 |
nyti.ms | Jeneen Interlandi |Damon Winter
Chapter IHumanize Drug Users Opinion | 48 Million Americans Live With Addiction. Here’s How to Get Them Help That Works. - The New York Times Raina Mcmahan, a 42-year-old recovery coach, spent roughly half her life seeking treatment for her own opioid use disorder. She tried detoxing multiple times at different inpatient facilities, but those programs usually discharged her after a week or two without any follow-up care.
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ICYMI: A must read if you’re following FDA story right now. Kudos @jeremyfaust

Happening now: Telework ends at the FDA, chaos anticipated. By 6 a.m. this morning, security lines were already backed up at the agency’s main campus in Maryland. Here’s the full story with quotes from over half a dozen current and former FDA employees. https://t.co/s857AvXJZp

Hi you are rehired starting now but also tell us exactly how you spent this past week of your job that you were fired from or we will fire you again immediately bc we are all about efficiency and accountability thanks!

Not everyone being terminated on the basis that they were probationary is actually a new hire. Lots of folks who have been at their respective agencies for a while but were recently promoted… bc they were good at their jobs.