The Science News Media Cycle with Gideon M-K PhD

Why is the media so rife with inaccurate reporting on epidemiological studies? To help guide us through this topic, I was joined with Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz PhD, epidemiologist, fact checker and content creator. We go through what epidemiology research looks like and some of the inherent challenges, research bias, the sensationalism pipeline that benefits everyone… except the public, a few examples of recent headlines and the studies connected to them (e.g. are hair straighteners really linked to uterine cancer??), and more.

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