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Table 2 Major Events Reported

From: The reporting of theoretical health risks by the media: Canadian newspaper reporting of potential blood transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Major Events Reported

# of articles (% of total) *

Banner Headline

Other Front Page

Other Front Section

1st blood withdrawal

70 (29)

3

8

42

Recipient notification

27 (11)

1

4

12

US CJD donor blood quarantine

31 (13)

1

0

27

UK blood ban

35 (14)

0

3

26

  1. *Other stories make up the remaining 23% of articles