Tag: Health communication
Why we fall for fake health information – and how it...
Angshuman K. Kashyap, University of Maryland
In today’s digital world, people routinely turn to the internet for health or...
Calorie counts on menus and food labels may not help consumers...
Deidre Popovich, Texas Tech University
Knowing the calorie content of foods does not help people understand which foods are...
Trust comes when you admit what you don’t know – lessons...
Tamar Kushnir, Duke University; David Sobel, Brown University, and Mark Sabbagh, Queen's University, Ontario
Consider the following situation: Two...
Clear, consistent health messaging critical to stemming epidemics and limiting coronavirus...
Thespina (Nina) Yamanis, American University
While the deadly coronavirus spreads rapidly in the United States, United Kingdom, France and beyond, several countries in Asia and...
‘The Farewell’ highlights tough conversations families face when confronted with death
Nick Iannarino, University of Michigan
To my 87-year-old grandmother, not many subjects are taboo.
She was treated for colorectal cancer in 1996, and she still laughs...
EXPLORING NATURE
Pregnant women face tough choices about medication use due to lack...
Almut Winterstein, University of Florida and Sonja Rasmussen, Johns Hopkins University
A panel convened in July 2025 by the...
