<description>&lt;h3 data-renderer-start-pos="1"&gt;About this episode:&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p data-renderer-start-pos="22"&gt;The decline in journalism and the explosion of social media have converged to form an information crisis, with millions exposed to misleading and false information relevant to their health. In this episode: Joanne Kenen, Lymari Morales, and Josh Sharfstein—authors of a new book exploring this issue—talk about the diagnosis of "information sick," as well as its causes, symptoms, and solutions.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3 data-renderer-start-pos="419"&gt;Guests:&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p data-renderer-start-pos="428"&gt;&lt;a class= "_mizu194a _1ah3dkaa _ra3xnqa1 _128mdkaa _1cvmnqa1 _4davt94y _4bfu1r31 _1hms8stv _ajmmnqa1 _vchhusvi _kqswh2mm _syaz14q2 _ect41gqc _1a3b1r31 _4fpr8stv _5goinqa1 _f8pj14q2 _9oik1r31 _1bnxglyw _jf4cnqa1 _30l314q2 _1nrm1r31 _c2waglyw _1iohnqa1 _9h8h16c2 _1053w7te _1ienw7te _n0fxw7te _1vhvg3x0" title="https://publichealth.jhu.edu/faculty/4294/joanne-l-kenen" href="https://publichealth.jhu.edu/faculty/4294/joanne-l-kenen" data-renderer-mark="true" data-is-router-link="false" data-testid= "link-with-safety"&gt;&lt;strong data-renderer-mark="true"&gt;Joanne Kenen&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; is an experienced public health and health care journalist who has been the journalist in residence at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health since 2021.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p data-renderer-start-pos="609"&gt;&lt;a class= "_mizu194a _1ah3dkaa _ra3xnqa1 _128mdkaa _1cvmnqa1 _4davt94y _4bfu1r31 _1hms8stv _ajmmnqa1 _vchhusvi _kqswh2mm _syaz14q2 _ect41gqc _1a3b1r31 _4fpr8stv _5goinqa1 _f8pj14q2 _9oik1r31 _1bnxglyw _jf4cnqa1 _30l314q2 _1nrm1r31 _c2waglyw _1iohnqa1 _9h8h16c2 _1053w7te _1ienw7te _n0fxw7te _1vhvg3x0" title="https://publichealth.jhu.edu/faculty/4308/lymari-morales" href="https://publichealth.jhu.edu/faculty/4308/lymari-morales" data-renderer-mark="true" data-is-router-link="false" data-testid= "link-with-safety"&gt;&lt;strong data-renderer-mark="true"&gt;Lymari Morales&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong data-renderer-mark="true"&gt;, MPP,&lt;/strong&gt; is the Associate Dean of Communications and Marketing at the School of Public Health. 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Public Health On Call

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

986 - "Information Sick"

DEC 11, 202520 MIN
Public Health On Call

986 - "Information Sick"

DEC 11, 202520 MIN

Description

About this episode:

The decline in journalism and the explosion of social media have converged to form an information crisis, with millions exposed to misleading and false information relevant to their health. In this episode: Joanne Kenen, Lymari Morales, and Josh Sharfstein—authors of a new book exploring this issue—talk about the diagnosis of "information sick," as well as its causes, symptoms, and solutions.

Guests:

Joanne Kenen is an experienced public health and health care journalist who has been the journalist in residence at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health since 2021.

Lymari Morales, MPP, is the Associate Dean of Communications and Marketing at the School of Public Health. She previously worked in communications leadership roles at The Atlantic and Gallup, and in national newsrooms.

Dr. Josh Sharfstein is distinguished professor of the practice in Health Policy and Management, a pediatrician, and former secretary of Maryland's Health Department.

Host:

Lindsay Smith Rogers, MA, is the producer of the Public Health On Call podcast, an editor for Expert Insights, and the director of content strategy for the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

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