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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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The tsunami of news and information around potential COVID-19 vaccines is relentless. When communicating about this topic, choose your words carefully and focus on the data, says @garyschwitzer.

#scicomm #journalism #media

https://review.content-science.com/covering-covid-19-vaccine-news-part-two-from-the-publisher-of-health-news-review/

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A week like this should teach you how/what to ignore: #COVID19 news & PR about studies in monkeys & mice...about studies of dishonesty & BMI…and about rating attractiveness of women with endometriosis!!! https://www.healthnewsreview.org/2020/08/crazy-week-of-pr-news-on-studies-should-teach-us-how-what-to-ignore/

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