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Join us this Wednesday, August 19th, from 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m., for a special live edition of “Healthy You: Surviving a Pandemic” with Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and […]
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An emergency room doctor in Illinois was accused in April of profiting from naming coronavirus as the cause of a patient’s death, a rumor spreading online. An internist in New […]
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A proliferation of web-based maps have appeared depicting many different aspects of the spread of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). In this commentary, we consider the usage of web-based mapping during […]
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YouTube hosts millions of videos related to health care. The Health Information National Trends Survey reports that 75% of Americans go to the internet first when looking for information about […]
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The COVID-19 outbreak has been accompanied by an ‘infodemic’, described by the World Health Organisation as, “an overabundance of information – some accurate and some not – that makes it […]
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It’s clear who loses from health misinformation. Mothers lose children after seeking advice in Facebook free-birth groups, measles break out in anti-vaxx communities, children with autism are poisoned from being […]
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If there was anyone in need of clear information about the process of developing into a woman, it was my teenage self – raised by brothers and attending a faith-based […]
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Fifteen miles west of Minneapolis, a billboard looms over a field of tall grass beside Highway 55. The sign features a photo of Evee Clobes, a baby girl with sparkling […]