domingo, 18 de octubre de 2026
Ahead of the midterms, Meta has paid at least 29 anti-LGBTQ accounts for their posts Hope Pisoni | 19th News | October 16, 2026
https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/10/16/ahead-of-the-midterms-meta-has-paid-at-least-29-anti-lgbtq-accounts-for-their-posts/
On September 14, far-right influencer Chaya Raichik, known online as Libs of Tiktok, attacked a Washington state high school on Facebook for displaying a Pride flag. “Hey Mercer Island High School, why does your profile photo display a mutilation flag??” she wrote, tagging the school’s account in the post and attaching a photo of the entrance.
Challenging health misinformation? People are more likely to believe AI when it responds with empathy Washington State University | October 15, 2026
https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/10/15/challenging-health-misinformation-people-are-more-likely-to-believe-ai-when-it-responds-with-empathy/
At a time of rampant medical misinformation online, artificial intelligence can do a good job of correcting falsehoods, but the tone of the correction is key, according to new research led by Washington State University.
For people who view AI strictly as a technical tool, corrections to social media posts offered in a neutral, just-the-facts tone are most persuasive. For those who believe AI can be humanlike, an empathetic, understanding tone is best.
Viewpoint: The shocking consequences after a year of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s distortions, deceptions, and flat-out falsehoods Benedicte Callan | MedPage Today | October 15, 2026
https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/10/15/viewpoint-the-shocking-consequences-after-a-year-of-robert-f-kennedy-jr-s-distortions-deceptions-and-flat-out-falsehoods/
If you think having accurate information about your health matters, then the U.S. has a problem. I know, because I’ve spent the last year working with a team to track Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s distortions, deceptions, and flat-out falsehoods, and analyze what we found. The results were shocking.
Viewpoint: Are these Trump-conservative GOP doctor-politicians violating their medical oath? Salon | October 16, 2026
https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/10/16/viewpoint-are-these-trump-conservative-gop-doctor-politicians-violating-their-medical-oath/
Physicians pledge to “do no harm,” but a cluster of Republican doctors in Washington are championing policies that strip health coverage from millions and chip away at trust in vaccines, argues Salon columnist Heather Digby Parton in a pointed commentary.
Viewpoint: The price Americans pay for science denialism Science and skepticism | October 16, 2026
https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/10/16/viewpoint-the-price-americans-pay-for-science-denialism/
Science denialism is quietly undoing centuries of hard-won progress against disease, and Americans are already paying for it with their lives, argues Steven Salzberg in his Substack newsletter, Science and Skepticism.
Viewpoint: RFK Jr.’s stacked FDA advisory council endorses multicancer screening test from ethically- questionable company that would increase false positives and waste billions of dollars STAT News | October 16, 2026
https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/10/16/viewpoint-rfk-jr-s-stacked-fda-advisory-council-endorses-multicancer-screening-test-from-ethically-questionable-company-that-would-increase-false-positives-and-waste-billions-of-dollars/
Grail’s Galleri multicancer blood test flunked its own big trial, and an FDA advisory panel recommended approving it anyway. That’s the case made by H. Gilbert Welch, a physician and cancer screening researcher at Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s Center for Surgery and Public Health, in an opinion essay for STAT News.
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