Science Has a Communication Problem. Patients Can Help Solve It.
Elevating stories about how technology and research saved patients’ lives can rebuild public trust in science.

Elevating stories about how technology and research saved patients’ lives can rebuild public trust in science.

Competing narratives emerge not because evidence is inherently ambiguous, but because power determines which knowledge is visible, legitimate, or silenced.

To rebuild public confidence, health institutions might take a page from the media’s efforts to embrace nuance, transparency, cooperation and a focus on solutions.