Other posts sought sexual and reproductive health resources after CDC web pages were removed and debated the pros and cons of birth control pills....
Plus, posts debated whether heroin is safer than fentanyl and discussed a new non-opioid pain medication....
This week, speculation circulated about AI-driven mRNA vaccines. Meanwhile, a dubious paper linking vaccines to autism dominated national vaccine conversations and regional posts, which also discussed local tuberculosis, rabies, and measles outbreaks....
Plus, posts shared conflicting views on prohibiting federal funding for abortion and called on men to help prevent pregnancy....
Other posts discussed opioids for post-surgical pain and lamented overdose deaths....
Recent discussions also stigmatized bipolar disorder and used mental health terms to joke about Elon Musk’s arm gesture at the presidential inauguration....
Other conversations corrected misconceptions about Plan B and proposed strategies for dealing with increasing abortion restrictions....
Plus, vaccine posts discuss exemptions and cancer myths. Regional conversations discuss childhood vaccines, edible vaccines, and the “quad-demic.”...
Plus, posts shared the misleading claim that antidepressants worsen mental health conditions and discussed the mental health impacts of TikTok....
And a harm reduction vending machine in New York received pushback and prompted questions about Narcan storage....
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