Multiple news outlets have reported that video, satellite images and expert analysis indicate that the United States was likely responsible for the Feb. 28 bombing of an Iranian school for young girls, contradicting President Trump’s unsupported claim that the deadly strike “was done by Iran.”
A person's primary care doctor or nurse is the most trusted on public health guidance, our survey finds, followed by experts such as @americanheart.bsky.social, @ama-assn.org & @ameracadpeds.bsky.social. HHS Sec'y RFK Jr. was trusted by just 38%. www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/stark-divide...
🚨Medical experts say an @appc.upenn.edu survey, which shows the public has more trust in scientists than leaders at health agencies, reflects a mistrust from #Americans. Details here...⬇️
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Exactly: "shared clinical decision-making" arose in the 1980s in reaction to paternalistic med. Typically used for complex med. decisions, not safe & effective vaccines.
Annenberg poll in Aug.: 1-in-5 thought it means "taking the vaccine may not be a good idea for everyone but would benefit some."
Confidence that career scientists at federal health agencies are providing the public with trustworthy information about matters concerning public health is higher than confidence in the leaders of those agencies.
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Biden Makes Flawed Comparisons with Trump
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When it comes to health advice, more people trust the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Medical Association than they do federal health agencies, according to a new poll
When it comes to public health information, Americans are much more likely to trust their physician and the AMA than federal agencies, according to a new survey from @appc.upenn.edu. Dive into the results: spr.ly/63327hCnfx
People have greater trust in major health and science associations outside government – such as @americanheart.bsky.social, @ameracadpeds.bsky.social, @nasonline.org and the American Medical Assn. – than in U.S. health agencies.
Confidence in RFK Jr. (38%) and Dr. Mehmet Oz (42%), administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, are lower than the confidence people say they had in Dr. Anthony Fauci (54%), when he was head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Two-thirds of Americans (67%) have confidence in career scientists working at U.S. federal health agencies, compared with just 43% confidence in agency leaders overall....
New! We found a stark divide in how Americans view the career scientists at federal health agencies and the leaders of those agencies - with Americans much more confident that the scientists are providing trustworthy information.
www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/stark-divide...
Annenberg: Stark Divide: Americans More Confident in Career Scientists at U.S. Health Agencies Than Leaders
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when we wrote about this pew data on trust in science came out, some outside experts wished pew had data on figures in the current admin
this @appc.upenn.edu survey released today has data comparing trust in several professional societies, agencies, and officials
Assessing Trump’s Claims on Iran’s Nuclear and Missile Capabilities
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Trump repeated — as he does in virtually every speech — his unsupported claim that many of the immigrants who came to the U.S. under Biden were from “prisons and mental institutions.” Trump has never provided any credible evidence of that. #SOTU2026
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Dolores Albarracín, the Amy Gutmann Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor, has long studied how to curb disease and improve health.
Trump Misleads on Drug Pricing Deals
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In the second and third quarters of 2025, the U.S. economy grew at its fastest pace in two years. Those growth rates were not “numbers unheard of,” or figures the U.S. “never had” before, as President Donald Trump has claimed.
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Study Finds Declining Perceptions of Safety of Covid-19, Flu, and MMR Vaccines.
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More, via Opinion Today:
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Annenberg study finds perceptions of vaccine safety decline from 2022-25 for Covid-19, flu, and MMR vaccines. www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/study-finds-...
WHO Didn’t Recommend Lockdowns, Contrary to Health Officials’ Suggestions
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Americans Don’t Need ‘Dramatically’ More Protein, Despite Officials’ Claims
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New from our project @factcheck.org: Trump's aspirin use and what doctors recommend. www.factcheck.org/2026/01/trum...
In sweeping changes to the childhood vaccine schedule, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention no longer recommends universal vaccination against six diseases. In justifying the move, health officials made misleading claims about vaccine safety while downplaying or omitting benefits.
Politicians Reach Different Conclusions on Minnesota Shooting Video
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Americans are now more likely to trust the AMA than the CDC when the two conflict on vaccine guidance.
@inquirer.com reports on findings from the @appc.upenn.edu Annenberg Science and Public Health Knowledge survey, conducted by SSRS.
www.inquirer.com/health/vacci...
CDC Urges ‘Shared Decision-Making’ on Some Childhood Vaccines; Many Unclear About What That Means.
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