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“Blood test finds 50 types of cancer” – we’ve been down this path before
Shoddy, incomplete, fawning news coverage of screening tests is one of the most clearly established problems in health news coverage – something HealthNewsReview.org has revealed countless times over the past 15 years. A public relations news release 22 days ago – from “a healthcare company whose mission is to detect cancer early” – touted studyContinue reading ““Blood test finds 50 types of cancer” – we’ve been down this path before”
Two different assessments of COVID-19 pandemic news coverage
Two new journalistic analyses of 2020-2021 pandemic news coverage were released this week. I was interviewed in each of them. Science journalist Faye Flam produced a new episode for her “Follow the Science” podcast, with funding from the Society for Professional Journalists. She interviewed me, David Leonhardt of the New York Times and David Wallace-Wells ofContinue reading “Two different assessments of COVID-19 pandemic news coverage”
Zombie health care news
Although I am advancing rapidly into almost complete retirement, there are some days/weeks when I can’t refrain from pointing out some of the troubling health care news I see. This is one such week. First, the COVID zombie news My local Star Tribune newspaper delivered this front page news: University of Minnesota, Mayo report COVID-fighting successContinue reading “Zombie health care news”
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