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Record number of breaches in health data reported in 2023

Fri, 2023-12-22 19:31 — mike kraft

Health data breaches hit an all-time high in 2023 At least 116 million individuals were impacted by large and numerous health data breaches reported to federal regulators this year. Katie Palmer STAT

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As many as 116 million individuals have been impacted by large health data breaches reported to the Department of Health and Human Services this year, according to records from its Office for Civil Rights as of December 21. That number has more than doubled over recent counts, driven primarily by a surge in hacking and ransomware attacks on health care organizations regulated by the privacy rule HIPAA.

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Analysis: Conspiracy theories --Why people still fall for fake news about climate change

Tue, 2023-12-19 12:23 — mike kraft

Why people still fall for fake news about climate change It was the hottest year in 125,000 years, and #climatescam is taking off. Kate Yoder Grist

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U.S. FEMA official concerned about China and Russia spreading disinformation after disasters.

Tue, 2023-12-12 11:45 — mike kraft

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Federal COVID aid helped boost telehealth expansion in rural America

Fri, 2023-11-17 12:31 — mike kraft

COVID aid fuels telehealth expansion in rural America - Roll Call As rural hospitals deal with workforce shortages and declining populations, some say telehealth offers a chance to bridge the gap. Lauren Clason Roll Call

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Federal pandemic aid also helped slow the rate of rural hospital closures. But as facilities contend with lingering inflation, workforce shortages and declining populations, the pace of those closures is picking up again.

Telehealth offers a chance to bridge the gap in hospital deserts.

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Disinformation issue: Conspiracy theory that Biden will use COVID to rig election is spreading unchecked; new book on Trump's past infection attitude

Wed, 2023-09-20 10:01 — mike kraft

Why the conspiracy theory that Biden will use COVID to rig election is spreading unchecked New study says false claims of a Biden plot to reinstate COVID restrictions and steal the election are spreading unchecked on Facebook, X and TikTok. Yahoo Finance

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Disinformation issue: Facebook's policy does not stop anti-COVID vaxers from spreading and finding informaton--study

Mon, 2023-09-18 19:40 — mike kraft

Facebook's policy on anti-COVID vaccine content didn't stop users from finding it, study suggests Pornpak Khunatorn / iStock CIDRAP

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Analysis: Press coverage of the recent COVID increase

Fri, 2023-09-15 11:16 — mike kraft

Good news in the news about COVID <p>The recent resurgence of COVID has a depressing familiarity: cases, hospitalizations, and deaths are rising; a new vaccine is being rolled out, to some confusion; anti-vax and other conspiratorial voices are getting louder, doing their best to turn the rebound of the virus into a right-wing talking point. But, lucky for all of us, the […]</p> Columbia Journalism Review

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Disinformation issue: As Covid-19 Cases Tick Higher, Conspiracy Theorists Stoke New Fears

Tue, 2023-09-12 11:26 — mike kraft

As Covid-19 cases have climbed as part of a late-summer uptick, right-wing influencers and conspiracy theorists have responded by stoking fears about mass lockdowns and spreading unsubstantiated new ideas about Covid-19’s links to world events.

“Do they want Covid measures back to put us on war footing in preparation for the war with Russia?” Jack Posobiec, a right-wing personality, said to more than 150,000 followers on his Telegram channel.

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On-line searches about Covid-19 are being temporarily blocked on Meta's Threads.

Tue, 2023-09-12 10:54 — mike kraft

Meta's Threads is temporarily blocking searches about Covid-19 | CNN Business Threads, the much-hyped social media app from Facebook-parent Meta, is taking heat for blocking searches for “coronavirus,” “Covid,” and other pandemic-related queries. Catherine Thorbecke CNN

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U.S. CDC's New Chief Plans to Rebuild Trust in the Agency

Mon, 2023-09-11 17:10 — mike kraft

CDC's New Chief Plans to Rebuild Trust in the Agency 'Trust is absolutely foundational to our ability to help Americans,' says Mandy Cohen Michael DePeau-Wilson medpagetoday

New CDC Director Mandy Cohen, MD, MPH, wants to rebuild trust in the agency -- both internally and with the general public -- through improving communication, focusing on data collection, and translating that data into rapid responses to public health crises.

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