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‘Crowdchecking’ may be an antidote to online misinformation
‘Crowdchecking’ may be an antidote to online misinformation New research shows that crowdchecking, a collaborative fact-checking experiment on social media platform X, can be an effective antidote to online misinformation. The study found that when community notes about potential inaccuracies appear beneath tweets, authors are more likely to retract those tweets, with public notes increasing […]
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I’m a physician who has looked at hundreds of studies of vaccine safety, and here’s some of what RFK Jr. gets wrong
I’m a physician who has looked at hundreds of studies of vaccine safety, and here’s some of what RFK Jr. gets wrong Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s statements on vaccine safety have been widely criticized for being factually incorrect, casting doubt on public confidence in vaccines. The author, an infectious disease physician, has reviewed hundreds of […]
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A preservative removed from childhood vaccines 20 years ago is still causing controversy today − a drug safety expert explains
A preservative removed from childhood vaccines 20 years ago is still causing controversy today − a drug safety expert explains Thimerosal, a mercury-based chemical used as a preservative in some vaccines, has been removed from childhood vaccines for over 20 years due to concerns about its safety. A discredited study published in 1989 falsely linked […]
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