Leana S.

Leana S. Wen is a Washington Post contributing columnist and professor of health policy and management at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health. She is also a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and author of 'Lifelines: A Doctor's Journey in the Fight for Public Health'. Wen writes The Checkup With Dr. Wen newsletter, is an emergency physician and CNN medical analyst, and serves on several boards including those of Glaukos Corporation, UroGen, Baltimore Community Foundation and National Committee on U.S.-China Relations. Previously she served as Baltimore's health commissioner and led the nation's oldest continuously operating health department. She has also been the director of patient-centered care research in the department of emergency medicine at George Washington University; president of Planned Parenthood; global health fellow at the World Health Organization; and distinguished fellow at the Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity.

Biography:  https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/leana-s-wen/

71%

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The Daily's Verdict

This author has a mixed reputation for journalistic standards. It is advisable to fact-check, scrutinize for bias, and check for conflicts of interest before relying on the author's reporting.

Bias

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Conflicts of Interest

50%

Examples:

  • Leana S. Wen serves on the board of directors of several organizations including Glaukos Corporation, UroGen, Baltimore Community Foundation and National Committee on U.S.-China Relations.

Contradictions

75%

Examples:

  • The article states that every age group had a decrease in overall cancer incidence between 1995 and 2020 except for those under 50. However, data from the National Cancer Institute shows that rates have been falling across all age groups since the mid-1980s.
  • The author claims that cancer is becoming more common among younger age groups even as cancer rates are falling in older cohorts. This statement is misleading as overall incidence of most types of cancers has been declining for decades.

Deceptions

60%

Examples:

  • The article implies that cancer rates are increasing among younger people when data shows the opposite.
  • The author uses misleading language to describe the trend in cancer incidence.

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