AI Health Tools Raise Safety Concerns. Plus, Flu Vaccine Myths Spread During Record Season Irving Washington , Hagere Yilma , and Joel Luther

https://www.kff.org/health-information-trust/ai-health-tools-raise-safety-concerns-plus-flu-vaccine-myths-spread-during-record-season/?utm_campaign=KFF-This-Week&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_6h65BxZ2efg3TPI9c_aMINRhJjqq87WL6K486L5K-RHLvXq8meHnEYF-FvS_uxww_w3SUARWCINJh5w0hSkel6r0beQ&_hsmi=400074296&utm_content=400074296&utm_source=hs_email AI Health Tools Raise Safety Concerns. Plus, Flu Vaccine Myths Spread During Record Season New features from AI companies, like ChatGPT Health and Claude for Healthcare, aim to provide personalized health guidance as OpenAI reports more than 40 million daily users seek health information from its chatbot, but concerns remain about AI providing wrong or dangerous health advice, particularly around mental health. And as the U.S. experiences its highest flu levels in 25 years, a vaccine-strain mismatch may be contributing to claims that flu vaccines are ineffective, despite evidence that vaccines still reduce severe illness and death and protect against other circulating strains.