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Study reveals the impact of malicious bots on public health communication during COVID-19

News Medical Health Sciences

The information environment in Finland during the coronavirus pandemic was exceptional and intense in many ways. The spread of disinformation and the number of actors involved reached unprecedented levels.

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RSV, Covid, flu cases are on the rise in New York

HEALTHBEAT

Last week, I had the privilege of attending a White House convening of public health communication and advocacy experts. Hearing stories from people across the country healthcare workers, teachers, community leaders, pastors, caregivers, and many others was profoundly inspiring. Science isnt finished until its communicated.

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How to battle the ‘pollution’ of misinformation and disinformation

Public Health Newswire

Learning how to become trustworthy public health communicators includes becoming ambassadors for trustworthy news sources.

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Many undocumented health problems discovered among those exposed to bushfire smoke

Frontiers

“It is likely that official statistics greatly underestimate the prevalence of health problems because of the major hurdles in the way of anyone presenting into the system, and we think many residents were motivated to avoid overburdening the health system at a time when it was stretched.”.

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How to battle the ‘pollution’ of misinformation and disinformation

Public Health Newswire

Learning how to become trustworthy public health communicators includes becoming ambassadors for trustworthy news sources.

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They're idiots. Why don't they trust us?

Your Local Epidemiologist

This is post 3 of 4 in this mini-series looking back at the public health communication around the COVID vaccines, why trust was lost, and where communication broke down. The goal is not to point fingers or assign blame, but to get a view from outside our bubble and understand how messages were perceived.

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Why did Americans expect a perfect COVID vaccine?

Your Local Epidemiologist

This is post 2 of 4 in this mini-series looking back at the public health communication around the Covid-19 vaccines, why trust was lost, and where communication broke down. The goal is not to point fingers or lay blame, but rather get a view from outside our bubble to see how messages were perceived.