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When AI Rents Humans: A Warning for Healthcare

Jean-Christophe Bélisle-Pipon warns that as artificial intelligence (AI) agents begin hiring humans for physical tasks, we must ensure this inversion of labour does not reduce health care to a series of gig-economy transactions directed by algorithms.

Misinformation, Social Isolation, and Loneliness among Aging Canadians

Renee Boldut details the alarming related risks of aging, social isolation and loneliness, health misinformation, and poor health.

Misinformation, Public Trust, and Healthcare Burnout

Janine Curtis ties the epidemic of burnout among health care providers in Newfoundland and Labrador to misinformation about the real causes of poor access to hospitals and clinicians.

Misinformation about Medical Assistance in Dying

Luca Norton presents the problems associated with the influence of misinformation on policy about medical assistance in dying in Canada.

Black Salve: A Crisis in Online Health Misinformation

A.M. Kieley discusses online misinformation about black salve, a dangerous and ineffective “treatment” for cancer.