World Health Organization breaks embargo and messes up.

Posted on October 3, 2007 by | 1 Comment

Before two papers passed the peer-review and got published, WHO (which was given the data) made its own interpretation of the findings and included it in its press kit, including the errors they made in that interpretation. A complex story – what’s your take on it?

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One response to “World Health Organization breaks embargo and messes up.”

  1. nbm's avatar nbm | October 5, 2007 at 8:09 am |

    WHO should strive to be as trustworthy as humanly possible. Period. Shame on them.