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The whole cell pertussis vaccine, media malpractice, and the long-term effects of avoiding difficult conversations

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: September 13, 2012
Category: Health care, Media, pertussis, Public health, The Panic Virus, Vaccine safety, Vaccines | Tagged Amanda Schaffer, Barbara Loe Fisher, DTaP, DTP, DTP: Vaccine Roulette, Lea Thompson, National Vaccine Information Center, New England Journal of Medicine, Slate | 17 Comments

Introducing SciWriteLabs. Today’s installment: Kroll and Racaniello discuss the journalism/factchecking debate

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: October 19, 2011
Category: Journalism, science, SciWriteLabs | Tagged Adam Rogers, Dave Tuller, David Kroll, Ed Yong, George Johnson, Maryn McKenna, Rebecca Skloot, Slate, The Guardian, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, This Week in Virology, Trine Tsouderos, Vincent Racaniello, XMRV | 11 Comments
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