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A new poll from 51ÊÓÆ” shows many Americans arenât willing to embrace misinformation â but arenât willing to reject it either. And they donât know whom to trust.
The National Institutes of Health appeared to be digging into health misinformation. But then the federal agency stepped back. It canât quite explain why, sometimes even offering contradictory explanations.
Congress is in recess until after Labor Day, and lawmakers wonât have much time when they return to get the government funded before the next fiscal year. Meanwhile, the Republican campaign for president has begun in earnest, and while repealing the Affordable Care Act is no longer the top promise, some candidates have lively ideas about what to do with federal health programs. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call, and Lauren Weber of The Washington Post join 51ÊÓÆ” Health Newsâ chief Washington correspondent, Julie Rovner, to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews 51ÊÓÆ” Health Newsâ Phil Galewitz, who reported the latest 51ÊÓÆ” Health News-NPR âBill of the Month,â about how a bill that should never have been sent created headaches for one patient.
51ÊÓÆ” Health News and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Hereâs a collection of their appearances.
FDA Commissioner Robert Califf has called misinformation one of the deadliest killers in the United States. As the FDA tries to fight that scourge, it sometimes stumbles.
Even as the covid-19 pandemic wanes, litigation â whether about vaccines, masks, or a range of other public health policies made during the pandemic â isnât about to end.
Many state legislatures have passed or are considering restrictions on gender-affirming care for trans minors. Yet much of the discussion is based on misconceptions about what that care entails.
The views of the leader of a broad anti-vaccine movement who is now running for president are unchallenged in public forums run by several prominent Silicon Valley figures.
Some GOP members of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic have two-stepped around vaccine skepticism, proclaiming themselves to be pro-vaccine while also validating the beliefs of people who oppose vaccine mandates. The result could have serious public health consequences.
As public health departments work on improving their message, the skepticism and mistrust often reserved for covid-19 vaccines now threaten other public health priorities, including flu shots and childhood vaccines.
Congress wonât be back in Washington until after Election Day, but lawmakers have left themselves a long list of items to finish up in November and December, including unfinished health care policies. Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call; Jessie Hellmann, also of CQ Roll Call; and Mary Agnes Carey of KHN join KHNâs Julie Rovner to discuss these topics and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews KHNâs Sam Whitehead, who reported and wrote the latest KHN-NPR âBill of the Monthâ episode about a family who tried to use urgent care to save money, but ended up with a big emergency room bill anyway.
KHN's Mary Agnes Carey talks with American Medical Association President Dr. Jack Resneck Jr. about how misinformation affects doctors and their daily efforts to treat patients.
Public health officials and resettlement groups across the U.S. have used community organizers to encourage newly arrived refugees and other vulnerable people to get vaccinated against covid-19. In a Georgia city that is home to many refugees, the vaccination rate is higher than in the state, county, and surrounding communities of similar socioeconomic status.
Republicans say Democrats are wrong to claim that birth control could be the Supreme Courtâs next target. But Democrats have plenty of evidence that it might be.
For now, monkeypox poses a low risk to the U.S. public, but it could become a problem if the spread is left unchecked. Hereâs what everyone should know about it.
At a moment when half of U.S. states stand poised to outlaw or sharply curtail abortion services, the nationâs most popular emergency contraception brand rests in the unlikely stewardship of two private equity firms.
Two mass shootings in two weeks â one at a Texas elementary school that killed 19 fourth graders and two teachers â have reignited the âguns-as-public-health-problemâ debate. But political consensus seems as far away as ever. Meanwhile, the FDA is in the congressional hot seat over its handling of the infant 51ÊÓÆ” shortage. Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, and Rachana Pradhan of KHN join KHNâs Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Dr. Richard Baron, head of the American Board of Internal Medicine, about how doctors should discipline colleagues who spread medical misinformation.
Kennedy Stonum, a 17-year-old high school junior, resisted getting vaccinated against covid-19, as did 20-year-old Tyler Gilreath, whose mother had nagged him for months to get the shots. Both died.
Clinical trials of covid-19 vaccines excluded pregnant people, which left many women wondering whether to get vaccinated.
State medical boards have an obligation to investigate complaints about doctors, including those who may spread false information about medical care. But in Florida, Tennessee, and other states, lawmakers are moving to protect physicians using unproven covid treatments or spreading misinformation.
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