"As a public health issue that evades simple legal categorization, health misinformation has contributed to significant health harms, highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic."
Authored by ChangeLab Solutions’ Wesley Hartman, Sabrina Adler, and Alexis Etow, a new journal article published in the Northeastern University Law Review discusses the harms of health misinformation as well as legal and policy approaches to combat its influence.
“Left unchecked, misinformation continues to harm health, interferes with community literacy and access to accurate information, and ultimately undermines trust in science, evidence-based recommendations, and government institutions.”
The article, “Public Health Law: A Framework for Addressing Misinformation and Health Equity” can be accessed online. The full May journal issue is available here.
5/28/2024
