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Imagine if food or drug companies were allowed to hide the ingredients of their products from independent researchers. In a new comment published in Humanities and Social Sciences Communications , Isabelle Freiling and I argue that this is exactly the situation with social media platforms — and it can exacerbate forms of industry influence that have long been documented in other fields. Social media platforms are no longer just objects of research — they are increasingly da

Medical advice from social media influencers reaches millions of people every day—especially young audiences. While influencers have become an important health information source, their guidance is often incomplete, biased, or misleading. This is the central message of our new analysis published in The BMJ.

" Neither age nor grade level were significant predictors of health literacy." Students carry a heavy school burden – yet are...