On Katie Couric's HPV vaccine slant

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She may be the nation's best-known TV newswoman, but Katie Couric's episode Wednesday on the HPV vaccine is being attacked for an anti-vaccine bias. Here's Slate's Amanda Marcotte: "Couric spent a half-hour of her show drumming up fears that the vaccine will make you very ill or even kill you." At Forbes, Matthew Herper dissects the slant. More from Alexandra Sifferlin and Seth Mnookin.

December 5, 2013

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