Gary Schwitzer discusses what journalists can learn from a BMJ editorial on sloppy animal tests: "If you saw the number of hyped stories about animal research that I've seen in 8 years of daily scouring of journalism, you'd know why I direct this note to journalists," he writes. "There usually aren't enough caveats. There usually isn't adequate explanation provided of how long and tortuous is the path between animal research and any human implication or application."
June 17, 2014