Katie LaGrone Biography
Katie LaGrone is an American award-winning investigative journalist. Katie is currently the Florida Investigative Reporter for The E.W. Scripps Company.
As Florida’s Investigative Reporter, Katie works to expose a wide range of consumer injustices, questionable government spending and consumer safety concerns impacting all Floridians.
Katie LaGrone Age
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Katie LaGrone Husband | Kids
Katie is married to Paul LaGrone. Paul is also an award-winning journalist who is a News Anchor for WFTS. They are proud parents of two young boys.
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Katie LaGrone Hair color
Brown.
Katie LaGrone Career
Katie is the Florida Investigative Reporter for The E.W. Scripps Company.
An honor winning analytical writer, Katie’s reports can be seen on ABC Action News in Tampa, WPTV NewsChannel 5 in West Palm Beach and FOX 4 in Fort Myers.
As Florida’s Investigative Reporter, Katie attempts to uncover a wide scope of customer treacheries, flawed government spending and shopper security concerns affecting all Floridians.
Preceding making the Florida Investigations group, Katie went through 6 years as an analytical columnist for WPTV. In 2011, she uncovered the threats of keyless vehicles. Soon after her arrangement of reports, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration declared it would propose new principles to ensure shoppers and help anticipate progressively keyless passings around the nation.
In 2015, she and her group at WPTV collaborated up with the Palm Beach Post for a remarkable investigate appointee included shootings in Palm Beach County. The “Line of Fire” arrangement pulled in national consideration, roused countywide gatherings and incited nearby specialists to embrace various new utilization of power strategies.
Katie LaGroneKatie’s interest in reality and her diligence to battle for change has been a more than decade-long adventure. In 2006, she was the main communicated writer to uncover eateries serving clients substitute fish however calling it grouper. The examination generated a worldwide examination by the Food and Drug Administration. The report additionally won Katie a National Edward R. Murrow Award.
Katie’s insightful reports have earned her many industry honors including in excess of twelve Emmy’s, Associated Press Awards and a few Edward R. Murrow Awards. When she can steal a few minutes of free time, Katie enjoys hiking, strolling through gourmet grocery stores and loves to grill!
Katie LaGrone Awards
Katie’s investigative reports have earned her dozens of industry accolades including more than a dozen Emmy’s, Associated Press Awards and several Edward R. Murrow Awards.
Katie LaGrone Articles
FDA
The federal ruling falls short of shutting down U.S. Stem Cell Clinics, headquartered in Sunrise, FL, but it does give the FDA regulatory authority including power to issue injunctions against the company’s clinics. In the order, the Judge determined US Stem Cell Inc and it’s Chief Scientific Officer and owner, Kristin Comella, adulterated and misbranded stem cell products in violation of the law, according to an FDA statement. The clinics would use patients own fat to extract stem cells for various treatments that were not scientifically proven to work.
“We support sound, scientific research, and regulation of cell-based regenerative medicine,” said Acting FDA Commissioner Ned Sharpless. “But at the same time, the FDA will continue to take action — such as issuing warning letters or initiating court cases — against clinics that abuse the trust of patients and endanger their health with inadequate manufacturing conditions or by manufacturing and promoting products in ways that make them drugs under the law, but which have not been proven to be safe or effective for any use,” he said.
In response, US Stem Cell issued the following statement, “We’re disappointed with the court’s ruling to discontinue adipose stem cell treatments in the U.S. While we believe there is substantial evidence to prove the efficacy of this protocol, we must immediately comply with the court as we review the decision.”
The clinics which are located in Weston, West Palm Beach, and The Villages will continue to operate but will offer other kinds of treatments according to a company spokesperson.
The federal ruling falls short of shutting down U.S. Stem Cell Clinics, headquartered in Sunrise, FL, but it does give the FDA regulatory authority including power to issue injunctions against the company’s clinics. In the order, the Judge determined US Stem Cell Inc and it’s Chief Scientific Officer and owner, Kristin Comella, adulterated and misbranded stem cell products in violation of the law, according to an FDA statement. The clinics would use patients own fat to extract stem cells for various treatments that were not scientifically proven to work.
“We support sound, scientific research, and regulation of cell-based regenerative medicine,” said Acting FDA Commissioner Ned Sharpless. “But at the same time, the FDA will continue to take action — such as issuing warning letters or initiating court cases — against clinics that abuse the trust of patients and endanger their health with inadequate manufacturing conditions or by manufacturing and promoting products in ways that make them drugs under the law, but which have not been proven to be safe or effective for any use,” he said.
In response, US Stem Cell issued the following statement, “We’re disappointed with the court’s ruling to discontinue adipose stem cell treatments in the U.S. While we believe there is substantial evidence to prove the efficacy of this protocol, we must immediately comply with the court as we review the decision.”
The clinics which are located in Weston, West Palm Beach, and The Villages will continue to operate but will offer other kinds of treatments according to a company spokesperson.
The FDA filed a civil lawsuit against US Stem Cell Inc in May of 2018 after the company failed to work with the FDA to come into compliance. The company has become a poster child for the growing but the questionable industry of for-profit stem cell clinics which bank off treatments not proven to work. Since last year, we have explored the world of stem cells and the promises made by various Florida clinics who advertise stem cell treatments for ailments from joint pain and arthritis to lung disease, heart disease, and even cancer. Former patients of other clinics have told us how they or their loved ones spent thousands of dollars on stem cell treatments but never felt any relief.
Over the past few years, several clients of US Stem Cell clinics have filed lawsuits against the company after they went blind following stem cell injections into their eyes. US Stem Cell clinics stopped offering eye injections after the incidents but the company and its owner continued to face criticism.
The federal judge is expected to file a permanent injunction against US Stem Cell Inc and its clinics.
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