misinformation

Thought experiment: Imagine you’re waiting in the exam room for your annual physical to begin when your doctor walks in with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth.

There have been at least 10 outbreaks of measles across twenty states already this year, an alarming and dramatic surge.

How many people around the world are currently living in poverty? The World Bank reports that a little over 9%, or approximately 720 million people, are subsisting on less than US$2.15 a day. 

Climate change is one of those polarizing issues. Science hopefully is devoid of political concerns, but as a human endeavor, that would be impossible.

At ACSH, we spent a fair amount of time debunking misleading, misinformed science and policy. We have been at it for over 40 years.

Join host Cameron English as he sits down with Dr. Chuck Dinerstein to break down these stories on Episode 39 of the Science Dispatch podcast:

No matter which side of the political aisle, there is a fear that misinformation is more powerful than truth – it spreads quickly and has brought much damage to our society.

While all social media display an individual’s “name,” those names are often made up, the work of bots, and poorly

The world has a misinformation problem.

We've all heard the argument, and it goes like this: misinformation drives millions of people into COVID denialism.