"Bad Blood" by investigative journalist John Carreyrou chronicles the spectacular rise and fall of Theranos, the Silicon Valley startup founded by Elizabeth Holmes. Promising to revolutionize healthcare with technology that could run hundreds of blood tests from a single finger prick, Theranos attracted billions in investment and a star-studded board, reaching a $9 billion valuation. But the technology never actually worked. Carreyrou exposes how Holmes and her partner Sunny Balwani concealed catastrophic failures, intimidated whistleblowers, and deceived patients and investors. Drawing on courageous insiders' accounts, this gripping narrative reveals how ambition, secrecy, and hype nearly obscured a dangerous medical fraud.
