Background Public health surveillance experts are leveraging user-generated content on
social media to track the spread and effects of COVID-19. However, racial and ethnic digital …

Background In recent years, medical journals have emphasized the increasingly critical role
that social media plays in the dissemination of public health information and disease …

Objective Widespread technological changes, like the rapid uptake of telehealth in the US
during the COVID-19 pandemic, risk creating or widening racial/ethnic disparities. We …

Background Media coverage and scholarly research have reported that Asian people who
reside in the United States have been the targets of racially motivated incidents during the …

Background Considerable research has been devoted to examining the mental health
conditions of patients with COVID-19 and medical staff attending to these patients during the …

Background COVID-19-related information on social media is overabundant and sometimes
questionable, resulting in an “infodemic” during the pandemic. While previous studies …

Background During the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, engagement in
preventive behaviors and getting tested for the virus play a crucial role in protecting people …

Background Existing health disparities based on race and ethnicity in the United States are
contributing to disparities in morbidity and mortality during the coronavirus disease (COVID …

Background Since its outbreak in January 2020, COVID-19 has quickly spread worldwide
and has become a global pandemic. Social media platforms have been recognized as …

Background The perceived threat of a contagious virus may lead people to be distrustful of
immigrants and out-groups. Since the COVID-19 outbreak, the salient politicized discourses …