What are the roles and responsibilities of the media in disseminating health information?

BACKGROUND TO THE DEBATE: In December 2004 three news stories in the popular press suggested that the side effects of single-dose nevirapine, which has been proven to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV, had been covered up. Many HIV experts believed that the stories were unwarranted and tha...

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Main Authors: Gary Schwitzer, Ganapati Mudur, David Henry, Amanda Wilson, Merrill Goozner, Maria Simbra, Melissa Sweet, Katherine A Baverstock
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2005-07-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1181881?pdf=render