MedPage Today

medpagetoday.com

30 March 2026 15:41

"Influencer promotion can shape medication demand, blur the line between personal experience and advertising, and potentially contribute to inappropriate use." -- @raffaelheiss.bsky.social, on the lack of transparency in social media posts promoting Rx drugs. www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...

Timothy Caulfield

caulfieldtim.bsky.social

24 March 2026 16:04

Prescription Drug Promotion by Social Media Influencers: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... "....social media influencer promotion of prescription drugs was consistently associated with misinformation, weak and outdated regulatory oversight, & audience difficulty in recognizing promotional intent..."

Jason Nickerson

jwnickerson.bsky.social

27 February 2026 10:05

Countering the misinformation & disinformation ecosystem needs to involve more than debunking bad information that's circulating - we need evidence-based medicine to answer questions that people have about their every day health needs, no matter how mundane or esoteric. My letter in the @bmj.com

The BMJ

bmj.com

09 February 2026 17:57

📣 Call for papers on the geopolitics of global health. We are inviting submissions of articles that interrogate and uncover the geopolitical determinants of global health. Read more in this editorial from @jocalynclark.bsky.social and Gabriel Leung www.bmj.com/content/392/...

Tobias Dienlin

tobiasdienlin.com

09 February 2026 13:04

Monday next week, 5 pm, I’ll deliver my UZH inaugural lecture. Title: „Ban, improve, or ignore? Social Media Regulation from a Communication Research Perspective“ The talk is open to the public: you can join either on-site or via live-stream. Details, see: www.uzh.ch/de/events/ag...