Background: The widespread use of social media represents an unprecedented opportunity
for health promotion. We have more information and evidence-based health related …

Recognition of misinformation as a public health threat and interest in infodemics, defined as
an inundation of information accompanying an epidemic or acute health event, have …

Contemporary commentators describe the current period as “an era of fake news” in which
misinformation, generated intentionally or unintentionally, spreads rapidly. Although …

Background An “infodemic” is an overabundance of information–some accurate and some
not–that occurs during an epidemic. Early use of the term was in 2003, blending the words …

The dissemination of misinformation in health emergencies poses serious threats to public
health and increases health anxiety. To understand the underlying mechanism of the …

Health misinformation has become an unfortunate truism of social media platforms, where
lies could spread faster than truth. Despite considerable work devoted to suppressing fake …

Background Social media platforms have numerous potential benefits and drawbacks on
public health, which have been described in the literature. The COVID-19 pandemic has …

Aim The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused hundreds of thousands of
deaths, impacted the flow of life and resulted in an immeasurable amount of socio-economic …

Background Misinformation poses a serious challenge to clinical and policy decision-
making in the health field. The COVID-19 pandemic amplified interest in misinformation and …

This mixed-method evidence synthesis drew on Cochrane methods and principles to
systematically review literature published between 2003 and 2016 on the best social media …