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vaccines
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Assessing the red flags in a study … annotated
I’m frequently asked on social media for my thoughts on a particular study. In this situation, I thought the quick…
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Facts vs. opinions: Beware of false balance in your reporting
It is a journalist’s job to objectively and fairly represent the various perspectives on an issue, and it’s a journalist’s…
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Be prepared to cover medical research claims during election season
As the race toward the 2016 election gradually takes over more and more media coverage, Americans’ attention will be pulled…
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Babies or bust? What new data on millennial birth rates means for the future
It’s no secret that raising children is an expensive proposition. But for millennials, who entered adulthood during the worst economic…
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Panelists urge journalists to report on how vaccines save lives #ahcj15
As a measles outbreak late last year spread from Disneyland to seven U.S. states affecting at least 147 people, one…
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New ideas for an annual update: Older adults and vaccines
The season of coughing is around the corner. Ads for flu shots and other vaccinations are getting thicker too. Vaccinations…
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Vulnerable seniors are going without vaccinations
In the United States, far too many people – including many older adults – don’t get the vaccines they need…
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Offit challenges reporters to avoid false balance #ahcj14
Paul Offit, M.D., has had it with the journalistic canard of false balance as a reflexive stand-in for objectivity –…
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Online comments lead to BMJ’s disclosure of ‘competing interests’
In BMJ, Bob Roehr wrote about a report published by German researchers in the Canadian Medical Association Journal describing an…
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Whelan: Will HuffPo ruin AOL’s health site?
In the wake of AOL’s acquisition of the Huffington Post, Forbes.com’s David Whelan has taken the time to ask the…