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New! We found a stark divide in how Americans view the career scientists at federal health agencies and the leaders of those agencies - with Americans much more confident that the scientists are providing trustworthy information. www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/stark-divide...

annenbergpublicpolicycenter.orgStark Divide: Americans More Confident in Career Scientists at U.S. Health Agencies Than Leaders | The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of PennsylvaniaWhen it comes to reliable health information, Americans are more confident in federal health agencies' career scientists than their leaders.

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5 Mar

Annenberg Public Policy Center

@appc.upenn.edu

5 Mar

Two-thirds of Americans (67%) have confidence in career scientists working at U.S. federal health agencies, compared with just 43% confidence in agency leaders overall....

Annenberg Public Policy Center

@appc.upenn.edu

5 Mar

Confidence in RFK Jr. (38%) and Dr. Mehmet Oz (42%), administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, are lower than the confidence people say they had in Dr. Anthony Fauci (54%), when he was head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

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People have greater trust in major health and science associations outside government – such as @americanheart.bsky.social, @ameracadpeds.bsky.social, @nasonline.org and the American Medical Assn. – than in U.S. health agencies.

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