👤 Mike Stobbe

9 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
9
2026-09-17 – 2026-10-27
Claims per article
30
267 extracted in total
Hedged claims
12%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
4,407
characters
Writes for The Independent, Toronto Star.
Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty (“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is not a fault: it is often careful sourcing. How these are measured.

What they cover

Health
100%
Most-tagged topics
U.S.NEW YORKCDCChildren’s Health DefenseFloridaHealthHealth and Human ServicesIndependent

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
6 scored articles; a leaning average needs at least 8 before it says more about the writer than about which stories they happened to be assigned. Their outlet averages -0.23 (leans left).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-09-18 · Toronto Star · Health
Florida confirms a death from dengue as the state struggles with one of its worst recent outbreaks
6 outlets covered this event
2026-09-17 · Toronto Star · Health
Kennedy tells anti-vaccine activists they have a friend in Trump's White House
6 outlets covered this event · leans strongly right
2026-09-17 · The Independent · Health
Kennedy tells anti-vaccine activists they have a friend in Trump's White House
6 outlets covered this event · leans strongly right
2026-10-27 · The Independent · Health
Senior CDC official to quit amid turmoil over Trump's vaccine policies: report
5 outlets covered this event · leans strongly left
2026-10-05 · Toronto Star · Health
Pennsylvania's measles outbreak is the largest in decades in the US
3 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-10-02 · Toronto Star · Health
Florida's dengue outbreak is now the largest in the continental US in decades
2 outlets covered this event

What they said would happen

2026-09-17 · The Independent
Kennedy tells anti-vaccine activists they have a friend in Trump's White House
🔮 We've accomplished in 19 months things that would have seemed unthinkable two years ago,” he said. assertive
2026-09-18 · Toronto Star
Florida confirms a death from dengue as the state struggles with one of its worst recent outbreaks
🔮 They also have been checking properties for pooled water, including in tires, where mosquitoes might breed, said Paolo Pecora, senior environmental scientist for Hillsborough County Mosquito Management Services. assertive
2026-09-25 · Toronto Star
CDC vaccine recommendations are at a standstill, and unanswered questions are piling up
🔮 And public discussion of vaccine policy questions that might cross political divides — including whether there’s solid evidence to justify giving fewer shots to kids — has diminished. assertive
2026-09-26 · Toronto Star
One shot or two? What to know about HPV vaccination recommendations
🔮 Preteens may soon have something to celebrate: Medical experts are discussing the possibility that one dose of a life-saving cancer vaccine, instead of two, may be enough to protect them. assertive
2026-10-02 · Toronto Star
Florida's dengue outbreak is now the largest in the continental US in decades
🔮 If they get infected with another type of dengue, the antibodies from the first infection may fail to neutralize the second type — and actually can help the virus enter immune cells and replicate. assertive
2026-10-05 · Toronto Star
Pennsylvania's measles outbreak is the largest in decades in the US
🔮 In November, international health officials will meet to determine if the U.S. and Mexico have lost their measles-free status. assertive
2026-10-14 · The Independent
Americans with disabilities worried over plan to slash national health survey
🔮 Some Americans with disabilities could be wrongly classified under plans to dramatically shrink the federal government's most influential health survey, advocates and researchers have warned. assertive
2026-10-27 · The Independent
Senior CDC official to quit amid turmoil over Trump's vaccine policies: report
🔮 Against the backdrop of the Trump administration’s shifting vaccine policy, Jennifer Shuford, deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will leave her position after next week's midterm elections, the Washington Post said Monday, citing sources. assertive
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