Categories: ABC News

12/17/2018

Using a single patient anecdote, ABC News hails DNA fertility test as ‘breakthrough’

10/29/2018

ABC News story perpetuates misinformation that new drug will prevent spread of flu

8/14/2018

How solid is the evidence behind the FDA-cleared ‘contraceptive app?’ ABC News doesn’t say

8/2/2018

ABC News doesn’t oversell early research on blood test for depression

3/16/2018

In rehash of news release, ABC News glosses over realities of experimental menopause drug

2/19/2018

ABC downplays gloomy context in reporting ‘remarkable’ BACE1 finding for Alzheimer’s

11/17/2017

Skimpy, source-free ABC News story on new blood pressure guidelines unlikely to help readers much

9/20/2017

ABC News touts affordability of at-home BRCA test without delving into any drawbacks

8/14/2017

ABC News story on new ALS drug Radicava included many caveats–except the most important one

3/10/2017

ABC News extrapolates wildly, misleads readers by claiming high intensity exercise ‘could be secret to staying young’

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Monday at #ADA2021, an infectious disease epidemiologist, a journalist, and a researcher shared perspectives on communication of risk in the era of COVID-19: http://ow.ly/ROfR30rMeE7 @AstleyCM @garyschwitzer @berthahidalgo @ADA_DiabetesPro

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Shoutouts to @susan_bewley @drkevinknopf @MichaelBaum11 in this call for more than fawning coverage from press releases for these kinds of stories.

Also, linked history inside goes back 5 years just on Grail apparently trying to become Holy Grail. https://twitter.com/garyschwitzer/status/1408849696416841731

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Here we go again w/more news about “Blood test finds 50 types of cancer.” And here we see again what’s missing from most such news stories. https://www.healthnewsreview.org/2021/06/blood-test-finds-50-types-of-cancer-weve-been-down-this-path-before/

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