June 24, 2021 Posted By Categories Gary Schwitzer is the founder and publisher of HealthNewsReview. He has covered health care news almost exclusively since 1973. Here is his online bio. He tweets as @garyschwitzer or as @HealthNewsRevu. Two new journalistic analyses of 2020-2021 pandemic news coverage were released this week. I was interviewed in each of them. Science… Read More »
Pfizer’s chairman and CEO proclaimed in a Pfizer company news release: “Today is a great day for science and humanity.” In that PR news release – but only in that format – Pfizer announced early results of “a vaccine efficacy rate above 90%, at 7 days after the second dose.” That’s about all we know… Read More »
Although I am advancing rapidly into almost complete retirement, there are some days/weeks when I can’t refrain from pointing out some of the troubling health care news I see. This is one such week. First, the COVID zombie news My local Star Tribune newspaper delivered this front page news: University of Minnesota, Mayo report COVID-fighting success… Read More »
Ugh, the news that Kaitlyn Bristowe and Tayshia Adams will host the next season of The Bachelorette hasn’t even been out for 24 hours and people are already tolling. Kaitlyn posted a super cute video of herself dancing with Tayshia and some Bachelor “fans” are leaving nasty comments. If you know anything about Kaitlyn, then… Read More »
August 6, 2020 Posted By Categories Gary Schwitzer is the founder and publisher of HealthNewsReview. He has covered health care news almost exclusively since 1973. Here is his online bio. He tweets as @garyschwitzer or as @HealthNewsRevu. Getty Images On Tuesday, it was excitement over vaccine news in 12 monkeys. (Journalism example.) On Wednesday, it was excitement over… Read More »
By Michael Le Page , Clare Wilson , Jessica Hamzelou , Adam Vaughan , Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool Children at the Harris Academy’s Shortland’s school in London, UK in JuneDan Kitwood/Getty Images Latest coronavirus news as of 5 pm on 4 August World faces “catastrophe” due to school closures, says UN chief The world… Read More »