STAT October 21, 2025
Alex Hogan

Trust in public health has been declining for years. This physician has some ideas to fix that

Trust in public health institutions has been declining for years. Popular YouTuber “Doctor Mike” has some ideas for how to fix that.

Mikhail “Doctor Mike” Varshavski is a family physician who started a YouTube channel in 2017 because he felt there was “a lack of evidence-based voices online.”

“It created this gap that was filled by grifters, by snake oil people, people...

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Topics: Healthcare System, Physician, Provider, Public Health / COVID, Social Media, Technology
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