Combatting Health Care Misinformation

COMBATTING MISINFORMATION:   On July 15, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy launched a campaign to combat health care misinformation, including misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines. From the Surgeon General: “This advisory lays out how the nation can confront health misinformation by helping individuals, families, and communities better identify and limit its spread, and issues a number of ways institutions in education, media, medicine, research, and government stakeholders can approach this issue. It also underscores the urgent need for technology and social media companies to address the way misinformation and disinformation spread on their platforms, threatening people's health.” Please see the Office of the Surgeon General’s website for the official advisory and press release: https://www.hhs.gov/surgeongeneral/reports-and-publications/health-misinformation/index.html

Health Misinformation Reports and Publications | HHS.gov During the COVID-19 pandemic, people have been exposed to an abundance of information from a large number of sources. Amid all this information, many people have also been exposed to health misinformation: information that is false, inaccurate, or misleading according to the best available evidence ... www.hhs.gov