Last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration convened a committee of medical experts to weigh new evidence concerning the potential dangers of drospirenone, a synthetic hormone contained in popular birth control pills including Bayer AG’s Yaz and Yasmin. In a decision that helped ensure the continued presence of these drugs on American pharmacy shelves, […]
Jeanne Lenzer and Keith Epstein
Jeanne Lenzer and Keith Epstein collaborated on this article. Lenzer is a medical investigative journalist based in New York. Epstein is a Washington-based investigative editor and writer.