What Jessica Malaty Rivera has said about Women's health

1 quote · 1 episode · Nov 13, 2026

Jessica Malaty Rivera, Infectious disease epidemiologist, science communicator, and executive director of the Infodemiology Initiative, has been quoted on Women's health once in 1 episode of TED Radio Hour, most recently on November 13, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

  • Malaty Rivera argues that wellness grift preys on women, especially in midlife, by hyper-diagnosing nonspecific symptoms to sell products.

    “there's so much money in the opportunity to sell something to have somebody subscribe to something and I think that women are especially preyed upon in this context”

    TED Radio Hour: An epidemiologist's guide to good health advice (Nov 13, 2026) · Listen from 23:09

Episodes

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