Health Scares

HIV Scare at St. Louis High School

Abigail Jones | Posted 10.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Jamie Lynn Spears, Teen Sex Education, Cdc, St. Louis, Teenage Sex, Hiv, Sex Education, Teenagers, HIV/AIDS, Bristol Palin Pregnancy, Health Scares, Normandy High School, Kids, Sex...With Mom and Dad, Health, Teens, Abstinence Education, High School, Gossip Girl, Bristol Palin, Troubled Teens, Living News
Abigail Jones

Normandy High School officials should have come out strongly, advocating openness, pushing sex education, and acknowledging the problems and pressures of teenage life.

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The Worst Science Stories of 2007

Trevor Butterworth | Posted 01.11.2008 | Media

Read More: Health Scares, Water Bottle Ban, Stats, Dubious Data, Toxic Toys, PET Plastic Bottles, Phthalates, Health Sciences, Natural Resources Defense Council, Gavin Newsom, Media News
Trevor Butterworth

Few journalists, when faced with a press release claiming some new threat to our collective well being, say, "show me the numbers."

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Mourning TV's AM News

Jeff Stier | Posted 12.05.2007 | Media

Read More: Health Scares, John Stossel, Health Issues, Animal Testing, Health Reporting, Cancer Scares, Media News
Jeff Stier

Reporting about health risks isn't easy. Some journalists would rather just report on the scare, without asking the hard questions, simply because it makes for good television.

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Why Scientist Don't Speak Up When Science is Distorted?

Elizabeth M. Whelan | Posted 10.23.2007 | Living

Read More: Media and Science, Science, Health Scares, Scientists, Living News
Elizabeth M. Whelan

The following example is just one of many I could relate which confirm that there are real disincentives for scientists to stand up and set the record straight when science is distorted.

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