Sara Gorman PhD MPH

Public health specialist with focus on misinformation and science denial. Author of Denying to the Grave (OUP, 2021) & Anatomy of Deception (OUP, forthcoming).

[Sara Gorman PhD MPH @saragorm]

I've definitely seen this kind of reproductive health misinformation - the idea that contraception should be "all natural" - in my study on the topic for Critica, my research non-profit. https://t.co/O7ThTxPzn0 via @statnews

[Sara Gorman PhD MPH @saragorm]

There might be some checks on what Trump and RFK, Jr. can do to vaccines, but what I'm most worried about is the further mainstreaming of anti-vaccine sentiment and distrust. https://t.co/tF335GjARD via @statnews

[Sara Gorman PhD MPH @saragorm]

Part of Trump and RFK Jr.'s strategy here is to prey on the low trust that people already have in the healthcare system. By threatening to dismantle agencies like the FDA, they are implying that those agencies are useless and corrupt. https://t.co/h4hYkcpFWZ via @statnews

[Sara Gorman PhD MPH @saragorm]

On the front lines of the important work to find problems (including fraud) in scientific papers. The discussion around how pressure to publish flashy results has led to fraud in some cases has intensified lately. https://t.co/Z6xk8woEXO via @statnews

[Sara Gorman PhD MPH @saragorm]

Compelling essay about the need for family physicians to be trained in providing abortion care. https://t.co/BzN9xmibzF via @statnews

[Sara Gorman PhD MPH @saragorm]

Even members of the GOP are afraid of RFK Jr.'s health plans. https://t.co/oWlW6KZwu6 via @statnews

[Sara Gorman PhD MPH @saragorm]

On the U.S. response to bird flu: “It is frustrating to me that we cannot do this better because we have the tools to do it better.”https://t.co/nE8yIzDgYn via @statnews

[Sara Gorman PhD MPH @saragorm]

Helen Branswell being wise and measured about how much we should be worrying about bird flu - and how much we just don't know. https://t.co/ogwa7Yrhtl via @statnews

[Sara Gorman PhD MPH @saragorm]

A roadmap for medical debt relief from North Carolina, using federal funds to offset hospitals' paying off patients' medical debts and, in the process, requiring them to provide programs to prevent and relieve medical debt. https://t.co/WTx84UqjgW via @kffhealthnews

[Sara Gorman PhD MPH @saragorm]

This report suggests that lack of access to healthcare could be a driver of despair. https://t.co/JAbXutCkt5

[Sara Gorman PhD MPH @saragorm]

This is why people don't trust the healthcare system. https://t.co/b4uFSj3zKg via @kffhealthnews

[Sara Gorman PhD MPH @saragorm]

The way the healthcare system treats women in pain does a lot to erode an already fragile sense of trust. https://t.co/fpWC8QlJzZ

[Sara Gorman PhD MPH @saragorm]

My latest for @DearPandemic - what's going on with mosquitoes?! https://t.co/M34Ki4aOVP

[Sara Gorman PhD MPH @saragorm]

This series from ProPublica is chilling. The consequences of abortion bans are real and serious. https://t.co/8IfZKcOh8i

[Sara Gorman PhD MPH @saragorm]

Very helpful bird flu update from @DearPandemic https://t.co/IxH9kEdiib

[Sara Gorman PhD MPH @saragorm]

Here's why you shouldn't worry about toxic chemicals in tampons: https://t.co/Om08RjfG6X via @slate

[Sara Gorman PhD MPH @saragorm]

Animal markets (like those in New York) are not set up to avoid outbreaks. This is another way we're not prepared for the next pandemic. https://t.co/PDm5mJL9Gl

[Sara Gorman PhD MPH @saragorm]

Agreed that the U.S. response to the H5N1 outbreak has been "lethargic." https://t.co/wMqf6tbwYs via @statnews

[Sara Gorman PhD MPH @saragorm]

Could teaching people about algorithms help fight misinformation on social media?https://t.co/E9OWqUhEJN

[Sara Gorman PhD MPH @saragorm]

Wondering when to get your shots (COVID, flu, etc.) this fall? It's confusing. https://t.co/VvLm6TjKZg via @statnews