Mastodawn

New free-to-download paper:
"Public health disinformation, conflict, and disease outbreaks"
https://doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2025.2562380

#OpenAccess #HealthDiplomacy #GlobalHealthDiplomacy #Health #GlobalHealth #PublicHealth #PlanetaryHealth #OneHealth #EcoHealth #Disinformation #Misinformation #HealthDisinformation #HealthMisinformation #HealthConflict #ConflictHealth

Public health disinformation, conflict, and disease outbreaks: a global narrative integrative review to guide new directions for health diplomacy

The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare the unpreparedness of global and public health systems to respond to large-scale health crises, while simultaneously revealing the entangled nature of disinformation...

Taylor & Francis

CRMunoz May 29, 2025

RFK Jr.’s “Make America Healthy Again” report is under fire after an investigation found:
– Nonexistent sources
– Misleading citations
– Possibly AI-generated content

The White House blames “formatting.” That’s not an excuse—it’s an indictment.

📖 https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5324711-white-house-maha-kennedy-report-errors/
#MAHA #HealthDisinformation #RFKJr #AIinGovernment

doctorambient Sep 23, 2023

Jim Fucking Jordan continues his assault on facts and truth. There are not sufficiently vile words in the English language to describe this runny shit of a man. (Gift Link.)

#conservatives #bullshit #disinformation #disinfo #lies #republicans #liars #uspol #politics #health #healthdisinformation #VaccineLies #ohio #jimjordan

https://wapo.st/3ZvQNTF

Misinformation research is buckling under GOP legal attacks

The escalating campaign — led by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and other Republicans — has cast a pall over programs that study not just political disinformation but also the quality of medical information online.

The Washington Post

Carole (Ducky)Jan 3, 2023

‘Can people be immunized against disinformation?’ | AAMC

#HealthDisinformation #HealthMisinformation

https://www.aamc.org/news-insights/can-people-be-immunized-against-disinformation

Can people be immunized against disinformation?

Debunking medical lies can be too late to change minds. Prebunking strategy teaches disinformation tactics so people can recognize and resist false messages.

AAMC