Public Good News
Concern is growing for the future of public health and its ability to perform its essential services in an atmosphere of medical misinformation. The most recent report from Public Good News, a nonprofit newsroom led by Dr. Joe Smyser, provides damning evidence that what many of you feel in your gut is true: things are getting worse.

PGN's newest analysis shows three large changes in the health misinformation landscape:
• The majority of the world's online vaccine opposition comes from the United States, and increasingly from government.
• Vaccine misinformation has increased over time, despite domestic and global efforts.
• The Top 20 social media accounts spreading vaccine misinformation disproportionately include health care professionals and journalists. MORE