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Grand Rounds July 28, 2023: How Can Researchers Fight Misinformation About Medicine? (Carl T. Bergstrom, PhD)

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Bergstrom, PhD Professor, Department of Biology University of Washington Slides Keywords Research, Misinformation, Media, Social Media Key Points Misinformation abounds in medicine and about medicine. If you’re working on a paper about vaccine safety, you have to understand the conversation about vaccine safety.

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Grand Rounds February 2, 2024: Strategies for Improving Public Understanding of FDA and the Products It Regulates…Why Should We Care, and What Might We Do? (Susan C. Winckler, RPh, Esq)

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Food and Drug Administration, FDA, Misinformation, Communication, Health Information Key Points U.S. The spread of misinformation has accelerated, in part because more people than ever are accessing health information on the internet and via social media. Will the strategies pierce the veil of misinformation with these groups?

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Opinion: Doctors who knowingly spread Covid-19 lies should be held accountable

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Gavin Newsom that strengthens discipline for doctors who knowingly spread Covid-19 misinformation. More than two years into the pandemic, Covid-19 misinformation still runs rampant. Physicians account for three of the 12 individuals thought to be responsible for up to 73% of anti-vaccine content on Facebook.

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Misinformation and confusion: Online health seekers

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Fighting Online Health Misinformation. The first step is to identify the misinformation and issue a public rebuttal — involved responding to misinformation posts by publicly pointing out misinformation and rebutting by including links to credible sources or evidence-based information. PRNewsfoto/Weber Shandwick).

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STAT+: Turkish court hands Novartis and Roche a rare win over their efforts to promote an eye treatment

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A Turkish court overturned a decision by the national antitrust regulator that two years ago fined Roche and Novartis more than $30 million for conspiring to spread misinformation about an eye treatment, a rare victory for the companies after legal setbacks elsewhere.

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Why are healthcare companies so silent?

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Fauci, a leading member of the government’s coronavirus response, said the United States needed to make an “abrupt change” in public health practices and behaviors. On Facebook, people talk about COVID-19 mild symptoms and the decreases in deaths from COVID. The misinformation is everywhere while healthcare companies remain silent.

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The danger of COVID conspiracy theorists

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QUICK READ: At times, the public health response to coronavirus (COVID-19) has been scary, characterized by antimask behavior, antivaccine beliefs, conspiracy theories around the development of the vaccine, and a general belief that even COVID numbers are false. What about the J&J vaccine? In principle, that could be true.