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Misinformation runs rampant as Americans seek health advice  Axios Misinformation vs. medicine: The surprising finding about physicians  Medical Economics How public health can compete with misinformation  The Boston Globe Misinformation, Disinformation Threaten Clinician-Patient Relationship and Quality of Care  Patient Care Online Doctors say medical misinformation is getting worse  AOL.com Source link

RFK Jr. Blamed by HHS Staff for Misinformation That Sparked CDC Attack  Bloomberg 750 HHS employees send signed letter to RFK Jr. asking him to stop spreading misinformation  ABC News US health workers implore RFK Jr to ‘stop spreading inaccurate’ information  Al Jazeera After the CDC shooting, federal workers demand more protections from RFK Jr. : Shots – Health News  NPR US health agency …

A survey of doctors released Wednesday showed how pervasive medical falsehoods have become — not only online, but also within the walls of medical exam rooms where doctors and patients talk. The survey from the Physicians Foundation, a nonprofit research group, found that 61% of doctors said they encountered patients influenced by misinformation or disinformation a moderate amount or a …

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) coincidentally issued its own vaccine recommendations Tuesday. The organization recommended children aged 6 months to 23 months should receive COVID-19 vaccines unless they have allergies to the ingredients. Older children should also receive the vaccines if they’re at elevated risk of transmitting the virus to others at high risk of COVID-related complications. That breaks …

Modern vaccines have saved over 150 million lives. Yet misinformation about them can still have deadly consequences. A gunman recently opened fire at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters, wrongly believing that the coronavirus vaccine had caused his depression. Public health is increasingly being threatened by the spread of dangerous misinformation. In fact, there have been several …

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. refused to blame vaccine misinformation for the recent shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, rejecting criticism about the role he’s played in sowing distrust in the life-saving shots. The shooter, who set his sights on the agency’s Georgia complex, fired over 180 shots in Friday’s attack, killing one police …

Vaccine misinformation blamed for fatal CDC shooting  The Hill CDC shooter had police contacts over suicide, used father’s guns in attack: officials  Fox News CVS manager describes CDC Atlanta shooting attack: ‘I still hear the sirens’  FOX 5 Atlanta Gunman in CDC shooting fired nearly 500 shots after breaking into his father’s gun safe. Here’s what we know  CNN CDC shooting highlights risks of …

A union representing US Centers for Disease Control employees has demanded that the federal government condemn vaccine misinformation after a man who evidently blamed the Covid-19 vaccination for making him depressed and suicidal aimed gunfire Friday at the CDC’s headquarters in Atlanta. The 30-year-old shooting suspect, who killed a police officer and died during the attack, had also tried to …

A Georgia man who had blamed the COVID-19 vaccine for making him depressed and suicidal has been identified as the shooter who opened fire late Friday on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters, killing a police officer. The 30-year-old suspect, who died during the incident, had also tried to get into the CDC’s headquarters in Atlanta but …

Gold Prices Back Away From Record High. White House Says It Will Clarify ‘Misinformation’ on Bullion Tariffs.  Barron’s Gold futures in New York whipsaw as tariff confusion sweeps precious metal market  Yahoo Finance Gold futures trade off highs as White House to issue clarification on bullion tariffs  CNBC Gold prices soar to record high as Trump tariffs threaten bullion trade  Fox Business White House …