SHORT BIO
Dan Gorenstein is the former senior reporter for Marketplace’s Health Desk, covering the business of healthcare.
Prior to Marketplace, Dan spent more than 11 years at New Hampshire Public Radio. He got his start in journalism at the Chicago Reporter, an investigative journal that examines race and class disparities in the Chicago area. He’s won numerous national and local awards, including the Society of Professional Journalist Sigma Delta Chi investigative reporting award.
Latest Stories (640)
The self-reliance movement goes mainstream
Feb 12, 2013
With the world looking a lot more fragile, more people are taking their survival into their own hands -- and garages.
'Side Effects' tells a tale of medicine, big business and murder
Feb 7, 2013
Stephen Soderbergh's new psychopharmalogical thriller digs into the cozy relationship between doctors and drug companies.
NFL players hire Harvard for health study
Jan 30, 2013
The players will spend $100 million on a 10-year study to find out just how hazardous football is to their health.
FDA urges drug companies to make a safer pain killer
Jan 29, 2013
With addiction to pain pills at epidemic levels, the Food and Drug Adminstration is taking action
As Caterpillar's earnings go, so go U.S. exports
Jan 28, 2013
The construction and mining equipment giant's quarterly earnings could be a harbinger of things to come for the U.S. export market.
Training women for corporate combat
Jan 24, 2013
The business world isn't all that different from the military. You need to be on the front lines to get ahead.
Where to find a flu shot: Why vaccination shortages occur
Jan 14, 2013
The flu kills thousands every year, and public health officials say that everyone over the age of 6 months should get vaccinated. But every few years it seems like there's a run on flu vaccine. To understand why, you need to look at the vaccine market.
Electronic health records aren't cutting costs so far
Jan 11, 2013
Clunky programs, high costs and incompatible systems are factors in failure to save billions.
Pharmacies look to leverage flu shots
Jan 8, 2013
Drug store chains see flu shots as step towards increased health care offerings.
Disney creates the happiest data mine on earth
Jan 7, 2013
Come spring, Disney World visitors will wear special bracelets that let the company track just about everything they do