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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 22-Oct-2026 02:16 ET (22-Oct-2026 06:16 GMT/UTC)

2-Oct-2026

Monitoring online health misinformation can help create useful patient education content

American Academy of Pediatrics
Reports and Proceedings

Pediatric clinicians can learn useful information by tracking the health misinformation that their patients encounter, according to research presented during the American Academy of Pediatrics 2026 National Conference & Exhibition Oct. 2-6, 2026, at the San Diego Convention Center.

Meeting: American Academy of Pediatrics 2026 National Conference & Exhibition

2-Oct-2026

TikTok misinformation content on acetaminophen and autism surged after presidential announcement

American Academy of Pediatrics
Reports and Proceedings

Misinformation linking acetaminophen use during pregnancy to autism in children rose on TikTok after an announcement from the Food and Drug Administration, according to research presented during the American Academy of Pediatrics 2026 National Conference & Exhibition Oct. 2-6, 2026, at the San Diego Convention Center.

Meeting: American Academy of Pediatrics 2026 National Conference & Exhibition

2-Oct-2026

Social media analysis finds health institutions delayed or did not respond to false claims inking autism to acetaminophen use during pregnancy

American Academy of Pediatrics
Reports and Proceedings

Most public health institutions failed to respond in a timely way to misinformation on social media that falsely claimed that acetaminophen during pregnancy is linked to autism, with the exception of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Meeting: American Academy of Pediatrics 2026 National Conference & Exhibition

2-Oct-2026

When AI behaves like us, we still don’t think it is conscious

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new LMU study finds that people are reluctant to attribute consciousness to artificial intelligence, even when AI behaves exactly like a human.

Journal: Cognition

2-Oct-2026

University of Bath launches new Centre for Earth System Governance as global conference attracts delegates from 51 countries

University of Bath
Reports and Proceedings

The University of Bath has launched a new research centre focused on tackling some of the world's most pressing sustainability challenges, after welcoming hundreds of international researchers and practitioners to the city for the 2026 Conference on Earth System Governance.

The new Bath Centre for Earth System Governance (BCESG) was announced during the conference, which last week brought together 456 delegates from 51 countries and featured 96 sessions exploring how governments, institutions, businesses, civil society, and communities can respond to climate change, biodiversity loss and other interconnected environmental challenges.

1-Oct-2026

The electric car myths Australians can’t shake

University of Technology Sydney
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Electric cars are dangerous, bad for the environment and impossible to use in the outback. These are just some of the claims circulating among Australians sceptical of the switch to EVs, new research finds.

Journal: Energy Research & Social Science

1-Oct-2026

Adverse social determinants linked to higher dementia risk in people with type 2 diabetes

Impact Journals LLC
Peer-Reviewed Publication

BUFFALO, NY — October 1, 2026 — A new research paper was published in Volume 18 of Aging on September 10, 2026, titled “Social determinants of health and risk of dementia in people with and without type 2 diabetes – findings from two large national-scale cohorts.”

Journal: Aging-US