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Medicine
fromPsychology Today
1 week ago

Drs. Dunning and Kruger and 300 Million More Health Experts

Minimally informed individuals often overestimate their knowledge, leading to the spread of health misinformation through public platforms and rejection of expert consensus.
US news
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

The U.S. will likely lose its measles elimination status. Here's what that means

South Carolina has 847 confirmed measles cases in 16 weeks, surpassing Texas and jeopardizing the United States' measles elimination status.
Public health
fromNature
3 months ago

Five years of COVID vaccines: how a breakthrough created a public-heath crisis

Miscommunication during the COVID-19 response eroded public trust in vaccines and scientific institutions, reducing routine vaccine uptake and endangering disease control like measles elimination.
Public health
fromwww.mercurynews.com
5 months ago

Letters: Kennedy's allies are fostering uncertainty in vaccines

Restricting the combined MMRV vaccine and delaying newborn hepatitis B risks undermining vaccine confidence and lowering vaccination rates, endangering public health.
Public health
fromwww.mediaite.com
5 months ago

Ousted Trump CDC Director Sounds the Alarm on Vaccine Skepticism: Preventable Diseases Will Return'

Refusing to approve vaccine recommendations without reviewing evidence preserves scientific integrity and helps prevent erosion of vaccine confidence that could revive deadly, preventable diseases.
Public health
fromPsychology Today
6 months ago

How the Anti-Vaccine Movement Spreads Doubt and Mistrust

Anti-vaccine campaigns use germ denial and social media amplification to downplay disease risk and erode trust, while face-to-face personal stories better build vaccine confidence.
US politics
fromAxios
6 months ago

Trump tries to have it both ways on COVID vaccines

Demand for immediate public evidence validating COVID drug and vaccine successes and questioning Operation Warp Speed amid CDC turmoil and low Republican vaccine confidence.
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