'Man bites dog' still makes best news story

"Public understanding of scientific risk remains a major health communications barrier. In just June and July of this year, there were 2,091 major news stories about West Nile virus, which had killed 10 Americans to that point. But there were only 478 news stories about food poisoning, which annually kills about 5,000."

-- From the Center for the Advancement of Health's "Good Behavior!" newsletter.

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