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When Misinformation Itself Is A Public Health Crisis

A nurse at Kootenai Health in Coeur D’Alene, Idaho. The state is facing an unprecedented surge in mostly unvaccinated COVID-19 patients.
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A nurse at Kootenai Health in Coeur D’Alene, Idaho. The state is facing an unprecedented surge in mostly unvaccinated COVID-19 patients.

In Las Vegas, county commissioners passed a resolution calling misinformation a "public health crisis," while Idaho's public health department is cracking down on misinformation on Facebook.

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Nate Hegyi is a reporter with the Mountain West News Bureau based at Yellowstone Public Radio. He earned an M.A. in Environmental Science and Natural Resource Journalism in 2016 and interned at NPR’s Morning Edition in 2014. In a prior life, he toured around the country in a band, lived in Texas for a spell, and once tried unsuccessfully to fly fish. You can reach Nate at nate@ypradio.org.