Author: Nisha Doshi
Position: Publications Assistant
Institution: PLoS Medicine
E-mail: ndoshi@plos.org
Submitted Date: October 24, 2008
Published Date: October 24, 2008
This comment was originally posted as a “Reader Response” on the publication date indicated above. All Reader Responses are now available as comments.

This Health in Action article has generated a huge quantity of press coverage: ABC, Fox News, CNN, Washington Post, LA Times, Scientific American, Reuters, UPI, MSNBC, Daily Telegraph, and others.

Here are some of the highlights:

Sexual disease e-cards break news of infection with humour
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom
http://www.telegraph.co.u...

"E-cards" may aid in STD notification
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/ar...

Sex Partners Get STD Alerts by E-mail
Washington Post, United States
http://www.washingtonpost...

Got an STD? Inform Your Partners by E-Card
U.S. News & World Report, DC
http://health.usnews.com/...

If you've already got an STD, an e-card can't hurt
Los Angeles Times, CA
http://latimesblogs.latim...

Web Site Allows STD Spreaders to Send E-Cards to Break News
FOXNews
http://www.foxnews.com/st...

Got unhappy STD news? Break it with an e-card
CNN International
http://edition.cnn.com/20...

You've Got Mail ... and an STD
ABC News
http://abcnews.go.com/Hea...

E-Cards Notify Sex Partners About STDs
WebMD
http://www.webmd.com/sex/...

The E-mail from Hell: Had fun last night, may have given you an STD
Scientific American
http://www.sciam.com/blog...

STD Alerts Via E-mail and E-cards
MedIndia, India
http://www.medindia.net/n...