Media

  • Read more: 12/10/14 – Going Viral: Ebola and the Media

    12/10/14 – Going Viral: Ebola and the Media

    An upcoming event from our colleagues at the NYU Division of Medical Ethics – Going Viral – Ebola and the Media: Contagion, Quarantine, and Patient Care Wednesday, December 10th, 6 PM – 8 PM 20 Cooper Square, 7th Floor New York, NY 10003

  • Read more: Research Round-Up: New Publications from the PHLR SciVal Experts Community

    Research Round-Up: New Publications from the PHLR SciVal Experts Community

    In honor of last week’s National Public Health Week, we have a lot of fresh, new PHLR. The latest crop of papers from public health law researchers touch on a number of important points and issues including transportation safety, implementation, tobacco control, and media presentation of public health law. Check out Scott Burris’s brief summaries…

  • Read more: Irresponsible Health Reporting? The N.Y. Times and the Perpetuation of Chemophobia

    Irresponsible Health Reporting? The N.Y. Times and the Perpetuation of Chemophobia

    By Patrick O’Leary When I read Susannah Meadows’s article in last week’s New York Times Magazine, The Boy with a Thorn in His Joints, I was at a bit of a loss how to respond. The article is Meadows’s account of dealing with her son’s juvenile idiopathic arthritis, and describes how, wary of the side effects of…