Posts demonstrate confusion about “pink cocaine”
OpioidsPrograms making Narcan accessible drew stigmatizing attitudes....
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Conversations spike about cardiac health and COVID-19
VaccinesOther posts falsely claimed that unvaccinated people face lower COVID-19 risks than their vaccinated peers. In the past week, two social media posts falsely suggested that COVID-19 vaccines cause death. In response, comments spread false claims about vaccines and mRNA technology. Insights brought to you by the reporters and science...
Scare tactics used to sow doubt about vaccine ingredients
VaccinesThis week, the editor of a new anti-vaccine book targets maternal COVID-19 vaccine safety and rising whooping cough cases fuel anti-immigration narratives. Regional vaccine conversations were dominated by bird flu and myths about sudden infant death syndrome....
Influencer’s infant formula ad sparks debate about ‘combo feeding’
Reproductive healthPosts also highlighted how abortion bans impact people experiencing miscarriage....
Op-ed sparks conversation after falsely blaming harm reduction strategies for overdose deaths
OpioidsOther posts repeated the myth that harm reduction programs “enable” drug use....
Scare tactics used to sow doubt about vaccine ingredients
VaccinesThis week, the editor of a new anti-vaccine book targets maternal COVID-19 vaccine safety and rising whooping cough cases fuel anti-immigration narratives. Regional vaccine conversations were dominated by bird flu and myths about sudden infant death syndrome....
Popular post calls attention to physical symptoms of anxiety
Mental healthIn other conversations, social media users discussed substance use, suicide, and increasing loneliness among U.S. adults....
En Brasil, se difunden alegatos falsos sobre supuestas muertes luego de la vacunación contra el COVID-19
VaccinesEn Venezuela, usuarios de redes sociales hablan sobre un caso de polio reportado en el país. En Brasil, se difunde un video de un concejo municipal en Australia en donde se hacen alegatos falsos sobre supuestas muertes luego de la vacunación contra el COVID-19. Mientras que en Venezuela, se discute...
Posts falsely claim that COVID-19 vaccines contain arsenic
VaccinesOther social media users falsely linked COVID-19 vaccines to dementia. In the past week, an X post cited a study from an anti-vaccine journal to falsely claim that Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccines contain arsenic, inciting panic in the comments. Another X post shared an article falsely linking mRNA vaccines to...
Usuarios responden a video de jugadores de Boca Juniors vacunándose contra el dengue
VaccinesEn Brasil, una publicación difunde alegatos falsos sobre el ADN y las vacunas contra el COVID-19. Mientras que Latinoamérica experimenta el peor brote de dengue en su historia, usuarios de redes sociales responden a un video que muestra a los jugadores de Boca Juniors vacunándose contra el dengue. En Brasil,...