Common Medical Misinformation

Social media hosted a lot of fake health news this year. Here's …

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/social-media-hosted-lot-fake-health-news-year-here-s-n1107466

An NBC News analysis raises concerns about just what information people might have found in 2019. The most viral health misinformation in 2019 was on the topics of cancer, unproven cures and ...

Health Misinformation — Current Priorities of the U.S.

https://www.hhs.gov/surgeongeneral/priorities/health-misinformation/index.html

Limiting misinformation helps us make more educated decisions for ourselves, our loved ones, and our communities. “ Health misinformation is a serious threat to public health. …

25 Medical Myths That Just Won't Go Away | Live Science

https://www.livescience.com/36100-10-medical-myths.html

Confronting medical misinformation: Tips from the trenches

https://www.aamc.org/news-insights/confronting-medical-misinformation-tips-trenches

August 11, 2022. Medical misinformation presents one of the most pressing challenges of our time. Everyone in medicine must proactively confront this potentially …

Medical Misinformation Runs Rampant, and Many …

https://www.goodrx.com/healthcare-access/research/medical-misinformation-survey

Social media is cited as the most common source of misinformation. damircudic/E+ via Getty Images . Misinformation is everywhere — especially now, …

Controlling the spread of misinformation

https://www.apa.org/monitor/2021/03/controlling-misinformation

Misinformation on COVID-19 is so pervasive that even some patients dying from the disease still say it’s a hoax.In March 2020, nearly 30% of U.S. adults believed the Chinese government created the …

How to Address COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation | CDC

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/health-departments/addressing-vaccine-misinformation.html

This can help you understand where, when, why, and how misinformation is spreading in your community. Engage with and listen to your community to identify and analyze perceptions, content gaps, …

The Challenges of Cancer Misinformation on Social …

https://www.cancer.gov/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2021/cancer-misinformation-social-media

Indeed, a recent study found that of the most popular articles posted on social media in 2018 and 2019 on the four most common cancers, one in every three contained …

Confronting Health Misinformation - HHS.gov

https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/surgeon-general-misinformation-advisory.pdf

Misinformation also thrives in the absence of easily accessible, credible information. When people look for information online and see limited or contradictory search results, they …

Fact checks of 10 prominent types of misinformation …

https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2021/fact-checks-of-10-prominent-types-of-misinformation-about-covid-19-vaccines/

There is no evidence that the vaccines caused hundreds of miscarriages, and an online rumor about an “82% miscarriage rate” misrepresented a study’s preliminary data. A study did not show ...