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SBM And The Battle For Information

Part of the reason for forming SBM in the first place is because my colleagues and I perceived that we were engaged partly in a long struggle for control over information – specifically the quality of health information being pushed to the public, including the media and regulators. We did not anticipate how much this battle would change over the last few […] The post SBM And The Battle For…

SBM And The Battle For Information

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