50% of AI advice on health and medical issues return inaccurate or fabricated advice Vladimir Hedrih | PsyPost | June 10, 2026

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/06/10/50-of-ai-advice-on-health-and-medical-issues-return-inaccurate-or-fabricated-advice/ An audit of chatbot responses in health and medical fields prone to misinformation found that 49.6% of responses were problematic. Specifically, 30% of responses were somewhat problematic, and 19.6% were highly problematic. Each chatbot was prompted with 10 questions from five categories: cancer, vaccines, stem cells, nutrition, and athletic performance. The paper was published in BMJ Open.

The ‘low-quality’, retracted studies RFK, Jr. and MAHA rely on for anti-vaccine claims Michelle Smith | Guardian | June 10, 2026

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/06/10/the-low-quality-retracted-studies-rfk-jr-and-maha-rely-on-for-anti-vaccine-claims/ Three scientific papers that raised questions about vaccine safety and were used by the Trump administration to justify controversial changes to US vaccine policies have over the last two months been removed, retracted or placed under investigation by the journals that published them.

Viewpoint: Who and what’s to blame for the surge in vaccine-preventable diseases? Barbara Pfeffer Billauer | June 8, 2026

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/06/08/viewpoint-who-and-whats-to-blame-for-the-surge-in-vaccine-preventable-diseases/ What causes an epidemic to spread? Don’t underestimate the power of rhetoric and oratory by politicians. About 1,500 measles cases have been reported in the US so far in 2026. In 2025, almost 2300 cases were reported, the highest number since 1992 when over 2100 cases occurred, a more than a 4.5-fold increase from 2024. The majority of those infected were unvaccinated. The surge not only includes three deaths last year, but escalated hospital admissions by 17% , and increased medical costs by an estimated $244 million in 2025 alone.

Facts & Fallacies Podcast: Right-wing politics bad for your health? Separating speculation from science Cameron English, Liza Lockwood | June 10, 2026

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/06/10/facts-fallacies-podcastright-wing-politics-bad-for-your-health-separating-speculation-from-science/ Politics has infiltrated every facet of modern life, including medicine. And some Americans seem increasingly inclined to make important health decisions based on their ideological commitments rather than the best evidence. That’s the implication of a recent paper published in Nature Human Behaviour.

Viewpoint: Vaccines’ non-specific effects? The ‘shoddy’ Danish couple whose ‘research’ inspires RFK, Jr.’s health delusion Arthur Allen | June 9, 2026

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/06/09/viewpoint-vaccines-non-specific-effects-the-shoddy-danish-couple-whose-research-inspires-rfk-jr-s-health-delusion/ In 1996, Guinea-Bissau seemed like an ideal research post for budding pediatrician Lone Graff Stensballe. Her supervisor, a fellow Dane named Peter Aaby, had spent nearly two decades collecting data on 100,000 people living in the mud brick homes of the West African country’s capital.

Looming Medicaid Cuts Supercharge California’s Latest Labor-Industry Fight By Bernard J. Wolfson June 10, 2026

https://kffhealthnews.org/medicaid/seiu-uhw-union-healthcare-industry-california-ballot-initiatives-clinic-executive-pay/ The looming impact of federal Medicaid cuts has reignited a long-simmering, costly battle between California’s medical industry and one of its largest health worker unions.

Anguished Parents. Doctors in Tears. Utah’s Long Measles Outbreak Takes a Toll.

Anguished Parents. Doctors in Tears. Utah’s Long Measles Outbreak Takes a Toll. Measles has been spreading in Utah for nearly a year, straining hospitals, schools, and parents. The state’s outbreak provides a glimpse into a new era in America’s health, in which vaccine-preventable diseases become common again. https://kffhealthnews.org/public-health/utah-measles-outbreak-vaccines-preventable-diseases-doctors-strained-new-normal/ By Amy Maxmen June 10, 2026