News Release: Tuesday, January 29, 2019Documents posted here.Contact: Gary Ruskin (415) 944-7350 or Nason Maani Hessari (+44) 020 7927 2879 or David Stuckler (+39) 347 563 4391 Emails between The Coca-Cola Company and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) demonstrate the company’s efforts to influence the CDC for its own benefit, according to … Study Shows Coca-Cola’s Efforts to Influence CDC on Diet and Obesity
Milbank Quarterly: Public Meets Private: Conversations Between Coca-Cola and the CDC, by Nason Maani Hessari, Gary Ruskin, Martin McKee and David Stuckler (1.29.19) Conclusion: “The emails we obtained using FOIA requests reveal efforts by Coca-Cola to lobby the CDC to advance corporate objectives rather than health, including to influence the World Health Organization. Our findings … Conversations Between Coca-Cola and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
An early World Health Organization report about the COVID-19 pandemic was influenced by political considerations in China, emails obtained through the Freedom of Information Act show. A World Health Organization mission of 13 international experts and 12 Chinese experts — led by Bruce Aylward, a senior advisor at the World Health Organization, and Wannian Liang, … Emails raise questions about China’s sway over first WHO mission on COVID-19
