• After Kirk's killing, a growing conservative campaign seeks to get his critics ostracized or fired

    After Kirk's killing, a growing conservative campaign seeks to get his critics ostracized or fired

    Sep 15, 2025 03:41 PM EDT

    ... Goldstein said. The glimmer of bipartisan agreement in the aftermath of the assassination was in a sense that social media was fueling the violence and misinformation in dangerous ways. “I can’t emphasize enough the damage that social media and the internet is doing to all of us,” Cox said ...

  • How vaccines changed the world and the public health challenges that persist

    How vaccines changed the world and the public health challenges that persist

    Sep 07, 2025 10:12 PM EDT

    ... Yadav, say. “Some combination of health expert advice and social network-relevant advice is what changes the lack of information, and to some degree, the misinformation piece,” he says. Brazil is another example of a country that has made concerted efforts to debunk vaccine rumors, launching a vaccine education movement ...

  • 4 major moments from RFK Jr.'s contentious hearing with senators

    4 major moments from RFK Jr.'s contentious hearing with senators

    Sep 05, 2025 12:30 AM EDT

    ... masks. “The whole process was politicized, senator. I mean, we were lied to about everything,” said Kennedy, a former anti-vaccine advocate who has spread misinformation about vaccines and autism. The health secretary claimed the federal government, including the CDC, lied about the “science behind cloth masks” and COVID vaccines ...

  • WATCH: RFK Jr. testifies on Trump's health care agenda before the Senate Finance Committee

    WATCH: RFK Jr. testifies on Trump's health care agenda before the Senate Finance Committee

    Sep 03, 2025 10:51 PM EDT

    ... a joint statement calling on Kennedy to resign. “Our country needs leadership that will promote open, honest dialogue, not disregard decades of lifesaving science, spread misinformation, reverse medical progress and decimate programs that keep us safe,” the statement said. Many of the nation’s leading public health and medical societies ...

  • Can you get a COVID shot? Here’s your fall vaccine guide

    Can you get a COVID shot? Here’s your fall vaccine guide

    Sep 03, 2025 08:45 PM EDT

    ... against COVID, after changes to vaccine guidance by the Trump administration. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a former anti-vaccine advocate who has spread misinformation about vaccines and autism, has led several U.S. policy and personnel changes so far, including more narrow national recommendations for who should get ...

  • 'Public health is in trouble,' says high-ranking CDC leader who resigned in protest

    'Public health is in trouble,' says high-ranking CDC leader who resigned in protest

    Aug 28, 2025 10:55 PM EDT

    ... our country and that we need to focus more on the safety and effectiveness of vaccines, shared decision-making around vaccines, and not talking about misinformation around vaccines. Amna Nawaz: And changes to things like the hepatitis B vaccine, are those conversations you were a part of during your time ...

  • Italian women fight websites posting their photos without consent

    Italian women fight websites posting their photos without consent

    Aug 28, 2025 06:19 PM EDT

    ... attack them,” Sabrina Frasca, activist with anti-violence group Differenza Donna, told The Associated Press. WATCH: What to know about the rise of mental health misinformation on social media “Mia Moglie,” had around 32,000 members before it was shut down last week by Facebook -owner Meta, which said it ...

  • Susan Monarez ousted as CDC director after less than a month as other agency leaders resign

    Susan Monarez ousted as CDC director after less than a month as other agency leaders resign

    Aug 27, 2025 10:07 PM EDT

    ... but the ongoing changes prevent me from continuing in my job as a leader of the agency,” she wrote. She also noted the rise of misinformation about vaccines during the current Trump administration, and alluded to new limits on CDC communications. “For the good of the nation and the world ...

  • Why the American Academy of Pediatrics is diverging from CDC vaccine guidelines

    Why the American Academy of Pediatrics is diverging from CDC vaccine guidelines

    Aug 20, 2025 10:40 PM EDT

    ... most countries have stopped recommending it for children. Stephanie Sy: The health secretary has been accused by many, including you in the past, of spreading misinformation. But the AAP is also coming under scrutiny. Kennedy and others accused the organization of getting funding from big pharma. Who are Americans supposed ...

  • Dozens of rural newspapers shut down in latest disappearance of local journalism

    Dozens of rural newspapers shut down in latest disappearance of local journalism

    Aug 15, 2025 10:30 PM EDT

    ... huge gap. I mean, that has sustained newspapers forever, is that advertising revenue. You also have the competition from social media and all of the misinformation on social media. You have all of these other different venues now for getting news. But, really, when you look at it, you only ...