Re-Check joined the Global Investigative Journalism Conference 2019 (GIJC19) that took place 25-29 September 2019 in Hamburg (D) with two presentations by Serena Tinari: an half-day workshop organized by CFI, the French media development agency, and the panel Investigating Health and Medicine – Tips & Techniques (1). At GIJC19 Serena contributed also to the “Documentaries Track” [...]
The British Medical Journal publication “BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine” unveiled an analysis signed by two investigative journalists and a gynecologist based in Switzerland. The paper brings to light flaws that void the positive conclusions reached by Cochrane. This leaves unanswered the question of HPV vaccine’s efficacy. The BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine article, signed by investigative reporters Catherine Riva [...]
Re-Check is very excited to contribute to the Preventing Overdiagnosis Conference 2018 in Copenhagen (#PODC2018) with a Poster in Conversation (#PODC2018Poster11) on Mapping Ghost Management in Medical Research and Public Health. We tested in threee case studies -- breast cancer screening, HPV vaccines and oral contraceptives -- a powerful hypothesis presented by Prof. Marc-André Gagnon at [...]
Re-Check joined the European Investigative Journalism Conference, that took place in Mechelen, Belgium, In May 2018. We were honored to have the chance to teach one day long to a group of investigative reporters of several countries. Conflicts of interest, debunking flawed health news and how to assess the evidence quality were at the core of [...]
Do not miss Wednesday, October 18, 2017 the broadcast in French on RTS (the program is “36,9”) of Serena Tinari’s investigative report about a case involving isotretinoin (*). Serena Tinari’s stunning story was first broadcasted in Italian on RSI channel in February 2017. It reveals a tragic affair: the birth in Switzerland of a girl with [...]
