They fail to ‘fulfill their obligation to the public interest as counterweights in the American system.’

A family doctor prescribes eight guiding principles for accurate and fair coverage of research findings.

For a variety of reasons, neither the government nor the press handled the medical crisis well.

‘I’d essentially planned to do a story about dying people with no real hope of a cure acting as guinea pigs.’

A journalist reminds us about how tricky putting ‘facts’ into perspective can be.

A medical editor’s book provides advice and guidance for journalists.

Never use the word “miracle.” Leave that to ministers, mayonnaise-makers and sports-writers. Don’t use “breakthrough.” Breakthroughs are infrequent and this word, like controversy, is so overused that it has lost…

A journalist tracks where and how a medical story began and how its content came to be exaggerated.

A reporter explores connections between increased rates of cancer and the changing lifestyle of Alaska Natives.

A newspaper links forces with TV and radio to inform the community about the causes and consequences of this disease.