Isabel Shaw

Isabel Shaw is a journalist at The Sun, focusing on health and medical news. She has covered various stories related to public health and medical procedures, often highlighting the potential risks associated with them. Shaw's reporting has included investigations into cases of HIV transmission due to unsterilized equipment in beauty treatments, as well as other health-related topics such as vaccinations and mental health. Her work often features interviews with experts in the field to provide a comprehensive understanding of the issues at hand.

Biography:  https://www.thesun.co.uk/author/isabel-shaw/

82%

The overall score is a weighted number that takes into account conflict of interest, bias, deception and other practices that undermines the credibility of the source. It is calculated as:
Analysis.OverallConflictOfInterestScore * 0.3F + Analysis.OverallBiasScore * 0.3F + Analysis.DeceptivenessScore * 0.3F + Analysis.ReadabilityScore * 0.1F

A score that takes into consideration the content for flow, interruptions with ads, and overt search engine optimization techniques that makes the content hard to understand

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

75%

Examples:

  • Isabel Shaw has not shown any clear signs of bias in her reporting.

Conflicts of Interest

100%

Examples:

  • The Sun is owned by News Corp.

Contradictions

85%

Examples:

  • Three people infected with HIV from cosmetic jabs at beauty salon in first cases of their kind, experts... Two more cases were identified in fall of 2021, both were sexual partners who had received three vampire facials each between spring and summer of 2018. Both had a stage 3 HIV infection (AIDS).

Deceptions

65%

Examples:

  • The VIP Spa in Albuquerque, New Mexico, closed its doors in September 2018 after two clients tested positive for HIV following the procedures.
  • THREE women contracted HIV from needles used at a beauty spa in the US which gave them "vampire facials", health officials have confirmed.
  • Two of the women were diagnosed with stage 1 HIV in 2018, just a few months after their respective beauty treatments. Most read in Health

Recent Articles

Three Women Contract HIV from Vampire Facials at Unlicensed New Mexico Spa: First Cosmetic Procedure-Related HIV Outbreak Identified

Three Women Contract HIV from Vampire Facials at Unlicensed New Mexico Spa: First Cosmetic Procedure-Related HIV Outbreak Identified

Broke On: Wednesday, 25 April 2018 Three women contracted HIV from vampire facials at an unlicensed Albuquerque spa, marking the first known outbreak from cosmetic procedures. The CDC investigated and found that the owner, Maria de Lourdes Ramos De Ruiz, practiced medicine without a license and did not follow proper infection control practices.