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Physician Poll: Medical Misinformation Is Harming Patients' Health
March 29, 2023 00:24 ET | de Beaumont Foundation
Bethesda, Maryland, March 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a new poll, nearly three in four physicians said medical misinformation has hindered their ability to treat COVID-19 patients and has harmed...
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NEW RESEARCH: Four in ten Canadians are exposed to online hate speech on at least a monthly basis, survey finds Toronto, CANADA, March 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Twenty per cent of Canadians surveyed reported seeing online hate speech on a monthly basis, while 16 percent were exposed weekly. Five percent...
Medical Board’s ‘Anti-disinformation’ Attack Described in Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons
December 06, 2022 10:02 ET | Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Advocacy groups have launched a nationwide campaign promoting delicensure of doctors who allegedly disseminate mis- or disinformation related to the...
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Rock Band Push Puppets Releases 'October Surprise' Music Video About Disinformation
October 18, 2022 04:00 ET | Waterweight Music Ltd.
CHICAGO, Oct. 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Just in time for the midterm elections, Push Puppets, a Waterweight Music Ltd. recording artist, has released an animated lyric video for the song "October...
Lawsuit Challenges Chilling of Physicians’ Free Speech
September 13, 2022 14:09 ET | Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
TUCSON, Ariz., Sept. 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Medical specialty boards are attempting to silence physicians who offer nonapproved COVID-19 treatment, or who counsel about adverse effects of...
More Than 1,000 Scientists and Physicians Protest Specialty Boards' Actions Against Dissenting Physicians
September 13, 2022 13:00 ET | Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons
TUCSON, Ariz., Sept. 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Medical specialty boards are destroying their own credibility by threatening to decertify some of their most experienced and widely published...
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Huit Canadiens sur dix sont préoccupés par les conséquences de la désinformation sur les décisions des parents au sujet de la santé de leurs enfants
June 09, 2022 07:59 ET | Children’s Healthcare Canada
OTTAWA, Ontario, 09 juin 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Selon un nouveau sondage d’opinion publique, après plus de deux ans de lutte contre une pandémie mondiale, les parents font toujours face à la...
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8 out of 10 Canadians are concerned about the impact of misinformation on parents’ decisions about their child’s health
June 09, 2022 07:59 ET | Children’s Healthcare Canada
OTTAWA, Ontario, June 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- After more than two years of pushing through a global pandemic, parents continue to grapple with mis- and disinformation about children’s health,...
‘What Is Truth’ Asks President of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS)
June 06, 2022 12:43 ET | Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
TUCSON, Ariz., June 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- With the controversy over the now-paused Disinformation Governance Board, Jenny Powell, M.D., president of the Association of American Physicians and...
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New Report Outlines Immediate Action Needed to Hold Doctors Accountable for Spreading COVID-19 Disinformation
December 15, 2021 09:07 ET | de Beaumont Foundation
Bethesda, Maryland, Dec. 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A report released today urges state medical licensing bodies to investigate doctors who are deliberately spreading misleading or false COVID-19...