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What Social Media May Not Tell You About Weight-Loss Drugs

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

Tech News, News

4.31.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Social media platforms are full of posts by influencers talking up the latest generation of weight-loss drugs like Ozempic. And it’s causing people to seek out the drugs, in some cases displacing doctors as the trusted authorities on whether to take one of the medicines. WSJ special writer Peter Loftus tells host Alex Ossola about what happens when social media and weight loss drugs overlap. Plus, a hack into healthcare technology company Change Healthcare has been called the most serious incident of its kind to strike the industry. Now, its parent company is digging into what happened. WSJ Pro Deputy Bureau Chief Kim Nash talks about the attack. Listening on Google Podcasts? Here's our guide for switching to a different podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:09.0

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0:15.8

Head to Netzweed.com. Wall Street.

0:19.8

Welcome to Tech News Briefing. It's Friday, April 26th. I'm Alex Oscela for the Wall Street Journal.

0:29.0

Coming up on today's show, a hack into health care technology company

0:33.0

Change Healthcare has been called the most serious incident of its kind

0:36.3

to strike the industry.

0:37.9

Now, its parent company is digging into what happened.

0:41.3

W.S.J. Pro, Deputy Bureau Chief Kim Nash, tells us more about. to what

0:45.0

happened.

0:48.0

and what it means for the health care industry. And then, social media is fueling interest in weight loss drugs like Ozemphic,

0:52.0

but are people getting the whole

0:53.9

picture of the drug side effects? We'll hear more about weight loss drugs and

0:57.7

influencers in the age of social media from W.S.J Special Writer Peter Loftus.

1:06.8

But first, you may never have heard of change health care,

1:09.9

but it operates the biggest clearinghouse for medical claims in the US.

1:14.0

In fact, the health care technology company touches the health records of one in three US

1:18.4

residents.

1:19.8

Back in February, the company realized it had been hacked.

1:23.0

Attackers were holding Change's data for ransom, which it paid.

1:27.0

Now, as Change is still dealing with the after effects of the cyber attack,

1:30.6

its parent company, United Health Group, is investigating how the hackers got in and what they might have stolen.

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