My July 17 column dealt with disinformation in the scientific literature. In this column, I will deal more broadly with the problem of health misinformation and disinformation.

Right after I submitted last week’s column, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued an advisory about the dangers of health misinformation, declaring such misinformation “an urgent threat to public health.”

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