Each study adds a piece to the puzzle of scientific knowledge. But any one study on its own doesn’t tell you all that much.
Articles on Health misinformation
Displaying 1 - 20 of 31 articles
False claims that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines cause cancer could, ironically, lead to worse cancer outcomes by undermining a promising tool to prevent and treat it.
Public health scholars worry that the resurgence of measles may signal a coming wave of other vaccine-preventable diseases.
OpenAI’s new dedicated ‘health and wellness’ tool allows users to link medical records to chat. But it hasn’t been independently tested and will still make mistakes.
Listen and watch the trailer for a new podcast exploring the health questions people are obsessing over online, and exploring the weird and wonderful about the body.
If you see a health claim that seems too good – or too bad – to be true, take a moment to step back and assess the evidence.
The health secretary has made many inaccurate statements about vaccines. But the science is clear that vaccines have dramatically reduced childhood illness, disability and death.
Vaccine hesitancy isn’t a moral failure – it’s a property of a system in which people must balance personal and collective interests.
Health influencers – perhaps including Health Secretary RFK Jr. – are promoting the chemical as an elixir that improves memory and focus. But evidence for these claims is thin.
Brazilian disinformation experts Ergon Cugler and Igor Sacramento talk to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Trump’s nominee for the top CDC role would join the agency at a time of great turmoil and uncertainty for medical research.
Strategies to combat misinformation often focus on written materials and fact-checking. Identifying deepfakes requires different skills.
87% of posts mentioned the benefits of the tests, while only 15% mentioned potential harms.
The story of Belle Gibson, ex-wellness influencer and convicted fraudster, is only the tip of the iceberg of content creators profiting from harmful health advice.
While there are plenty of patient perspectives on social media , resources from healthcare professionals are far fewer – and are often lower quality.
Raw milk has always carried the risk of serious illness, and this risk has only risen with bird flu spreading across dairy farms in the US.
Studies show that health misinformation on social media has led to fewer people getting vaccinated and more lives lost to COVID-19 and other life-threatening diseases.
How can fake news be managed without government overreach? Under the draft bill, platforms continue to be responsible for the content on their services – not governments.
Generative AIs may make up information they serve you, meaning they may potentially spread science misinformation. Here’s how to check the accuracy of what you read in an AI-enhanced media landscape.
The intersection of content management, misinformation, aggregated data about human behavior and crowdsourcing shows how fragile Twitter is and what would be lost with the platform’s demise.
Top contributors
-
Endowed Professor of Health Policy and Associate Dean, George Washington University
-
Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
-
Professor of Health Policy and Management, George Washington University
-
Assistant Professor of Infectious Disease Pediatrics, Michigan State University
-
Senior Research Manager, University of Sydney and Honorary Assistant Professor, Bond University
-
Teaching Professor of Public Health, Arizona State University
-
Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University
-
Commissioning Editor, Health + Medicine and Host of Strange Health podcast, The Conversation
-
Assistant Professor and Health Communication Researcher, West Virginia University
-
Professor of Neurology, Medicine (Infectious Diseases), and Epidemiology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
-
Assistant Clinical Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, Mississippi State University
-
Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
-
Mestre em Administração Pública e Governo, e pesquisador para a estratégia nacional contra a desinformação, Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)
-
Senior Lecturer, Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University
-
Associate Professor of Cultural Studies, Trent University