Science Mag (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Since researchers announced on 24 September that an AIDS vaccine trial had positive results for the first time in history, the debate over whether the results were real has largely given way to intense discussions about how to build on this surprising finding. Author: Jon Cohen
From On High (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
With all the effort that the small people at the Washington Post put into getting Creigh Deeds elected governor this year, this is what they had to put to print yesterday: McDonnell has double-digit lead in Va. governor's race, Post poll says By Jon Cohen and Rosalind S. Helderman, Washington Post Staff Writers Republican Robert F. McDonnell carries a double-digit lead over Democrat R. Creigh...
The Mahablog (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Before I go on to the good news, let’s take a look at this paragraph from yesterday’s Washington Post (by Dan Balz and Jon Cohen): A new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows that support for a government-run health-care plan to compete with private insurers has rebounded from its summertime lows and wins clear majority support from [...]
Donklephant (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
... for the GOP (Chris Cillizza, Washington Post/The Fix) Public option gains support (By Dan Balz and Jon Cohen, Washington Post) Only 20 percent of adults identify themselves as Republicans, little changed in recent months, but still the lowest single number in Post-ABC polls since 1983. Political independents continue to make up the largest group, at 42 percent of respondents; 33 percent...
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CommonDreams.org Headlines (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
by Dan Balz and Jon Cohen A new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows that support for a government-run health-care plan to compete with private insurers has rebounded from its summertime lows and wins clear majority support from the public. read more
The Hankster (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
... for the GOP (Chris Cillizza, Washington Post/The Fix) Public option gains support (By Dan Balz and Jon Cohen, Washington Post) Only 20 percent of adults identify themselves as Republicans, little changed in recent months, but still the lowest single number in Post-ABC polls since 1983. Political independents continue to make up the largest group, at 42 percent of respondents; 33 percent...
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NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
... sample tilted toward the Democrats, some findings weren’t in the headline, as Dan Balz and Jon Cohen reported: Overall, 45 percent of Americans favor the broad outlines of the proposals now moving in Congress, while 48 percent are opposed, about the same division that existed in August, at the height of angry town hall meetings over health-care reform. Not only that, but what if the...
Vox Verax (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
By Dan Balz and Jon Cohen WashPost Monday, October 19, 2009 6:07 PM As Democratic congressional leaders and White House officials work to shape health care bills that will go to the House and Senate floors, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows that support for a government-run health plan to compete with private insurers has rebounded from its summertime lows and now wins clear majority...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
... and the public option, which a majority now support. NPR interviewed Washington Post Poll Director Jon Cohen to explain the poll and the shift in opinion (Martin, 10/21).
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MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
By Dan Balz and Jon Cohen8:17 p.m. ET As Democratic congressional leaders and White House officials work to shape health care bills that will go to the House and Senate floors, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows that support for a government-run health plan to compete with private insurers has rebounded from its summertime lows and now wins clear majority support from the public. Americans...
Effect Measure (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
... new questions. So first a little about the specifics and then a comment about the press release. Jon Cohen over at ScienceInsider seems to have broken the story: Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
The following summarizes selected women's health-related blog entries. "Poll Check: A Shift on Abortion?" Jon Cohen, Washington Post's "Behind the Numbers": Advocates on both sides of the abortion-rights debate "should sit back and take a broad view before overreacting" to a recent Pew Research Center poll that suggests "a big shift in Americans' attitudes...
Science Mag (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
Last week, HIV/AIDS researchers reacted to the news that a large clinical trial of an AIDS vaccine worked—the first success in 2 decades of effort. Author: Jon Cohen
