Because it is easier and more profitable to produce, information is often conflated with its
more precious by-product, knowledge. The other useful distinction is between …

“There'sa lot that we can learn from the past in terms of how people have engaged with
misinformation historically,” Southwell said in a recent interview with JAMA.“That's going to …

As COVID-19 spreads globally causing fear and loss of life, so too does the parallel
pandemic of medical misinformation. Similar to coronavirus itself, few are immune to medical …

“We're not just fighting an epidemic; we're fighting an infodemic,” said Tedros Adhanom
Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, at a gathering of foreign …

Improving communication about COVID-19 and emerging infectious diseases John
Ioannidis writes about the harm caused by misinformation about COVID-19.[1] We draw from …

At the writing of this article at the start of November 2021, 247,416,351 persons have died of
COVID-19 worldwide and 46,815,210 have died in the United States. Along with the tragic …

In 2005, the International Health Regulations (IHR) were established by the World Health
Organization (WHO) and endorsed by 196 countries. This legally binding framework aimed …

INTRODUCTION False messages about the COVID-19 pandemic may spread faster than
the virus itself. From countless fabrications about coronavirus cures to fraudulent COVID-19 …

“We're not just fighting a pandemic; we're fighting an infodemic,” said Tedros Adhanom
Ghebreyesus, WHO's director-general, at the 2020 Munich Security Conference. Fake news …

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has been marked by abundant
conflicting information, especially in social media. 1–4 Widespread Internet access enabled …