Health misinformation
Subject in Medicine
Health misinformation has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including TED Radio Hour. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Jessica Malaty RiveraInfectious disease epidemiologist, science communicator, and executive director of the Infodemiology Initiative
Malaty Rivera cites Pew, KFF and Reuters data indicating almost half of Americans use social media as their primary health news source.
“almost half of Americans use social media as their primary health news source”
TED Radio Hour: An epidemiologist's guide to good health advice (Nov 13, 2026) · Listen from 42:41
Malaty Rivera recounts that an FBI agent told her that her and her children's names appeared on dark websites with specific threats of violence.
“an FBI agent called me one day to tell me that my name and my children's names had appeared on dark websites with very specific threats of violence”
TED Radio Hour: An epidemiologist's guide to good health advice (Nov 13, 2026) · Listen from 19:01
Malaty Rivera advises asking who is speaking and their credentials, where the information comes from, and whether it is designed to provoke emotion before sharing health content.
“Number one, who is saying this and what are their credentials? Number two, where is this information coming from?”
TED Radio Hour: An epidemiologist's guide to good health advice (Nov 13, 2026) · Listen from 1:54
Podcasts
- TED Radio Hour · 1 episode
Episodes
An epidemiologist's guide to good health adviceTED Radio Hour · Nov 13, 2026 · 50 min
Manoush Zomorodi talks with epidemiologist Jessica Malaty Rivera about health misinformation, measles, vaccine trust, wellness grifts, AI medical advice, and trending health questions.