The New Orleans Five and the ADA's Worst Week

About this episode

Molly discusses the fallout from the removal of five scientists at a diabetes conference and the subsequent statements from the American Diabetes Association.

Five scientists were escorted out of a diabetes conference by police for handing out a scientific paper — published in the host's own journal. By the time the American Diabetes Association finished explaining itself, its president and president-elect had resigned, and the editorial those five hoped 200 people might read had 76,000 views. Everyone is covering the removal. Molly is covering the two statements that came after it — the apology that blamed the people it was apologizing to, the pe...

People in this episode

Host: Molly McPherson

Topics covered

• diabetes
• scientific research
• controversy
• media coverage
• apology statements

Keywords

• diabetes
• scientific paper
• American Diabetes Association
• controversy
• media coverage

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: American Diabetes Association, diabetes conference

Books & works: scientific paper

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