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US reps berate FDA head, demand data for proposed vaccine regulation changes, purported link to child deaths

… condemning an agency email that contained “inaccuracies, misinformation, and unsupported claims regarding the agency’s …
Mary Van Beusekom

Understanding the real impact of the novel H1N1 influenza pandemic: Why your colleagues need to know

… der Spiegel , is a prime example of the widespread misinformation about what really happened in terms of human …
Michael T. Osterholm
 

News Scan for Jan 10, 2017

… happens, kids will get sick and even die because of the misinformation that will come from this commission." …

COMMENTARY: Misleading BMJ Public Health paper on COVID-19 excess mortality needs to be retracted

… horse, seemingly giving unwarranted credibility to vaccine misinformation under the guise of statistical estimates of … unfortunate situation like this where vaccine and pandemic misinformation appears credible by appearing in a top line …
Lone Simonsen
Rasmus Pedersen
COVID vaccinator

CIDRAP Op-Ed: Vaccine myths that won't die and how to counter them—part 1

… health. They have encountered a sophisticated ecosystem of misinformation that exploits legitimate parental instincts: … Each has been refuted. And yet each persists, because misinformation travels faster than correction and because …
Jake Scott, MD
Mom and baby in doctor's office

Large global study finds strong trust in science, lessons for improved communication

… in the Global South. Tim Weninger, PhD, an expert on misinformation and fake news who is with the department of …
Lisa Schnirring
panel and microphone

Childhood immunization coverage has stalled globally, report reveals

… economic uncertainty, climate crises, and vaccine misinformation and hesitancy, underscoring the need for new, …
Stephanie Soucheray
mmr vaccine vial

Studies spotlight burnout, online harassment of health workers during COVID-19

… the way they use social media, thus leaving propagation of misinformation unchecked by those most qualified to combat …
Stephanie Soucheray
stressed dr

After cruise ship outbreak, review examines how hantavirus affects the brain

… about the infection, addressing public fears and misinformation, and building trust with the patients, their …
Laine Bergeson
hantavirus RNA

Tylenol during pregnancy not linked to autism, ADHD, major review finds

… Byline Meghan Holohan Body In the midst of increasing  misinformation about acetaminophen (Tylenol) and its …
Meghan Holohan
Black pregnant mom with daughter feeling mom's belly
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Episode 125: Masks, Memories, & Middle Ground

In "Masks, Memories, & Middle Ground," Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the state of the pandemic in the US and around the world, the newly released CIDRAP Coronavirus Vaccine R&D Roadmap, and the rise of vaccine misinformation and disinformation.

    CIDRAP's Coronavirus Vaccines R&D Roadmap
    A research and development (R&D) roadmap for broadly protective coronavirus vaccines: a pandemic preparedness strategy (Moore et al., Vaccine)
    The time is now for committed and comprehensive action to attain more broadly protective coronavirus vaccines: the coronavirus vaccines R&D roadmap (Margaret Hamburg and Gregory A. Poland, Vaccine)
    COMMENTARY: Wear a respirator, not a cloth or surgical mask, to protect against respiratory viruses (Brosseau et al.)
    Max
    A Fly Fisherman and his Fly Fishing Companion
    Gayle's Beautiful Place
February 23, 2023

Over 400 state vaccine bills, 9 new laws, 2 fed charters, and 1 step closer to a CDC director: The State of US Vaccine Policy

… is committed to continuing the work to remove vaccine misinformation from the website [referencing changes made to … directly. Watching the hearing was a reminder of how much misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines is still in …
Izzy Brandstetter Figueroa, MPH, Riley Mulholland, MPH, Jess Steier, DrPH
Sprinters on track

Who will accept a COVID-19 vaccine?

… a safe, effective vaccine, but vaccine hesitancy and misinformation could compromise efforts to achieve community …
Stacy Kuebelbeck Paulsen | News Writer | CIDRAP News
vaccinator

Global childhood vaccine coverage in 2024 shows inequalities amid stability

… a lot of work to do. Drastic cuts in aid, coupled with misinformation about the safety of vaccines, threaten to …
Stephanie Soucheray
baby vax

More people requesting ‘unvaccinated’ blood for themselves or their children

… first year of use, but which have been the subject of misinformation and conspiracy theories. Vanderbilt University …
Liz Szabo
A bag of blood hangs in the foreground while a hospitalized patient lies in a bed in the background.

Kennedy confirmed as US health secretary

… innovations humans have ever invented and brazenly spreads misinformation," Amesh Adalja, MD, a senior scholar with the …
Chris Dall
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Data: Optimal initiation of Paxlovid in hospitalized COVID patients is 3 to 5 days

… July 2022.  "Low rates of antiviral uptake may stem from misinformation, lack of access, and the rising proportion of …
Mary Van Beusekom
Paxlovid box and tablets

COVID may have eroded doctors' belief that they are obligated to treat infectious patients

… respirators, vaccines, treatments), broadly disseminated misinformation about the disease (eg, how the virus spreads, …
Mary Van Beusekom
Exhausted healthcare worker wearing N95

How physicians are rethinking vaccine conversations in an age of doubt

… vaccine?'" When parents bring up something she suspects is misinformation, Handy doesn't correct them. Instead, she … resolve uncertainty. Mistrust doesn’t always arise from misinformation and conspiracy theories. It can be born out of …
Laine Bergeson
Concerned parent and child at doctor's office

CIDRAP Op-ed: Vaccine myths that won’t die and how to counter them—part 2

… extensively and refuted. Yet each persists, because misinformation travels faster than correction and because … causation. The veneer of scientific engagement makes the misinformation more persuasive, not less. Parents who …
Jake Scott, MD
Expectant couple in doctor's office

1 in 4 US healthcare workers report mental distress during COVID, survey suggests

… demands (57.2%), fear of COVID-19 (55.6%), and COVID-19 misinformation (51.3%). Among respondents who did not seek …
Mary Van Beusekom
Distressed healthcare worker

Fake CDC vaccine site linked to anti-vax nonprofit once headed by RFK

… to the official CDC vaccine safety  site but cited misinformation about vaccines and autism.  The URL …
Mary Van Beusekom
Man looking at website on desktop computer

Health leaders from multiple prior administrations sound alarm over CDC cuts

… programs, strengthen vaccination efforts and counter misinformation, and protect evidence-based health programs. …
Lisa Schnirring
CDC HQ

Texas measles outbreak may have spurred parents to vaccinate infants before CDC responded

… risk of cases among those at greatest risk." Addressing misinformation, gaps in coverage In a  commentary in the same …
Mary Van Beusekom
Baby girl being immunize

Public health groups call for Kennedy to resign or be fired as biomed sector airs concerns

… to Kennedy's statement as another example of spreading misinformation. Several vaccines against respiratory viruses …
Lisa Schnirring
RFK Jr

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