Battered by waves of Covid-19 and confusion over shifting government messages about it, Americans’ confidence in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) declined in January with drops both among groups of Democrats/Democratic-leaning independents and Republicans/Republican-leaning independents, according to January survey data from the Annenberg Public Policy Center of […] Read more »
As coronavirus fears spike, Biden’s ratings sag and workers split on vaccine mandates
The delta variant’s two-month surge has generated a sharp rise in public fears about contracting the coronavirus, undermined confidence in President Biden’s leadership and renewed divisions over vaccine and mask mandates, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll. Nearly half of Americans, 47 percent, rate their risk of getting sick […] Read more »
Vaccine Hesitancy May Be Weakening
… Vaccine hesitancy still holds at around one in five American adults. But, among these Americans, the most resistant of all are now at 14%, down from 18% in late June. Progress is slow, but the wheels are turning. … Our polling with Axios finds that the unvaccinated are now […] Read more »
Intent to Get a COVID-19 Vaccine Rises to 60% as Confidence in Research and Development Process Increases
As vaccines for the coronavirus enter review for emergency use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the share of Americans who say they plan to get vaccinated has increased as the public has grown more confident that the development process will deliver a safe and effective vaccine. Still, the […] Read more »
Personal care products and the FDA: What the public doesn’t know
… According to a recent survey we conducted with our Republican colleagues at American Viewpoint, two-thirds of voters believe that at least some of the chemicals used in personal care products have been OKed by the federal government. They haven’t been. … While some consider regulation a dirty word, voters […] Read more »
Public wary of faster approvals of new drugs, STAT-Harvard poll finds
A majority of Americans opposes federal regulatory changes to speed up the development and approval of new medical treatments, a new STAT-Harvard poll finds — suggesting the public has serious doubts about legislation now moving through Congress. The poll also shows strong public support for removing prescription drug advertisements from […] Read more »