Conflicting health information has weakened public trust in science over the years. Epidemiologist Jessica Malaty Rivera fact-checks health trends with in-depth research instead of grabby headlines.
About Jessica Malaty Rivera
Jessica Malaty Rivera is an infectious disease epidemiologist and a science communicator. In her social media content, she promotes science literacy and debunks junk science and vaccine misinformation.
Rivera is the executive director of the Infodemiology Initiative at The Public Good Projects, a research fellow at Boston Children's Hospital Innovation & Digital Health Accelerator and the chair of Vaccinate Your Family. She holds a masters degress from Georgetown in emerging infectious diseases and is currently pursuing a doctorate at the Johns Hopkins University Center in health security.
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