Latest Stories By Darius Tahir

Around 3 in 10 Americans still believe ivermectin is an effective treatment for COVID-19. What’s more, few place significant trust in any form of news media or official institution to accurately convey information about health topics, from COVID-19 treatments and vaccines to reproductive health issues, a new poll from KFF shows. The confusion about what’s […]

Robert Califf, the head of the Food and Drug Administration, doesn’t seem to be having fun on the job. “I would describe this year as hand-to-hand combat. Really, every day,” he said at an academic conference at Stanford in April. It’s a sentiment the FDA commissioner has expressed often. What’s been getting Califf’s goat? Misinformation, […]