Health Information and Trust
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False claims about the safety of mifepristone are driving legislative and investigative action in Congress, even as major medical organizations and decades of clinical evidence support the drug’s safety. And competing interpretations of what censorship and free speech mean are impacting how health misinformation is moderated.
New KFF Tracking Poll on Health Information and Trust Finds One in Three Adults Have Used AI Chatbots for Health Advice
KFF’s latest Tracking Poll finds that one-third of the public report using AI chatbots for health information and advice in the past year.
Polling
1 in 3 Adults Are Turning to AI Chatbots for Health Information; 1 in 5 Cite Affordability and Access Concerns as Major Reasons
About a third of adults nationally say they have turned to artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots in the past year for health information. Most who turned to AI for health information say they were in search of quick and immediate advice, though challenges affording and accessing health care also play a role, particularly for younger adults.
Dashboard: Polling on Health Information and Trust
Drawing on KFF’s poll findings, this interactive dashboard tracks the public’s trusted sources for health information, attitudes toward vaccines, and use of news, social media, and AI for health-related information.
Trust in the CDC Remain at Low Point After Changes to Vaccine Recommendations
Weeks after the Trump administration reduced the number of childhood vaccine recommended for routine use, public trust in the CDC is at its lowest since the COVID-19 pandemic, and less than half are confident in federal agencies’ ability to make such recommendations. Read the News Release.
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