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22 Apr

Media criticized for health-coverage priorities

“Canadian media give inordinate coverage to health care issues and largely ignore the ‘non-medical’ determinants of health … This coverage is at odds with our research which shows that Canadians […]

13 Apr

More evidence against DTCA

Just as the debate over whether Canada should allow Direct-To-Consumer-Advertising of prescription medicines on television rages on, scientists released this week another peer-reviewed study that concludes DTCA is bad medicine. The study, […]

13 Apr

Pulitzers awarded for Health Journalism

Health-related projects by The Chicago Tribune, The New York Times and The Washington Post were honoured this year with Pulitzer Prizes for Journalism The Post won in the public service […]

4 Apr

Too good to be true? Helping journalists assess scientific claims

New breakthroughs, radical treatment options, the costs and benefits of a new piece of technology: all of these events fall on the desks of daily news reporters in all markets […]

18 Sep

In the interest of the public’s health: an interview with Andr Picard

CJP: What first inspired you to pursue public health as a beat?Picard: I first got involved in student newspapers in the early 1980s, and that was the beginning of the […]

13 Dec

Sensationalizing health coverage

A five-year research study at Simon Fraser University, published this spring in an academic journal, concludes that Canadian newspapers miss the “real stories” about health issues and “dwell on covering […]