Infodemic and fake news–A comprehensive overview of its global magnitude during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021: A scoping review

V Balakrishnan, WZ Ng, MC Soo, GJ Han… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The spread of fake news increased dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide.
This study aims to synthesize the extant literature to understand the magnitude of this …

Fake news on the internet: a literature review, synthesis and directions for future research

Y Wu, EWT Ngai, P Wu, C Wu - Internet Research, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose The extensive distribution of fake news on the internet (FNI) has significantly
affected many lives. Although numerous studies have recently been conducted on this topic …

Covid‐19 vaccination BNT162b2 temporarily impairs semen concentration and total motile count among semen donors

I Gat, A Kedem, M Dviri, A Umanski, M Levi… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background The development of covid‐19 vaccinations represents a notable scientific
achievement. Nevertheless, concerns have been raised regarding their possible detrimental …

Reasons for taking the COVID-19 vaccine by US social media users

A Benis, A Seidmann, S Ashkenazi - Vaccines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Political and public health leaders promoting COVID-19 vaccination should identify the most
relevant criteria driving the vaccination decision. Social media is increasingly used as a …

Factors that shape people's attitudes towards the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany—The influence of MEDIA, politics and personal characteristics

A El-Far Cardo, T Kraus, A Kaifie - International Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Misinformation that accompanied the current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic led to an impaired risk
perception, resulting in the refusal of personal protection measures, as well as a reduced …

COVID-19 vaccine and social media in the US: Exploring emotions and discussions on Twitter

A Karami, M Zhu, B Goldschmidt, HR Boyajieff… - Vaccines, 2021 - mdpi.com
The understanding of the public response to COVID-19 vaccines is the key success factor to
control the COVID-19 pandemic. To understand the public response, there is a need to …

Overview of current state of research on the application of artificial intelligence techniques for COVID-19

V Kumar, D Singh, M Kaur, R Damaševičius - PeerJ computer science, 2021 - peerj.com
Background Until now, there are still a limited number of resources available to predict and
diagnose COVID-19 disease. The design of novel drug-drug interaction for COVID-19 …

Pseudoscience and fraudulent products for COVID-19 management

VP Chavda, SS Sonak, NK Munshi… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
As of now, the COVID-19 pandemic has become uncontrolled and is spreading widely
throughout the world. Additionally, new variants of the mutated viral variants have been …

Masks and respirators for prevention of respiratory infections: a state of the science review

T Greenhalgh, CR MacIntyre, MG Baker… - Clinical microbiology …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
This narrative review and meta-analysis summarizes a broad evidence base on the benefits—
and also the practicalities, disbenefits, harms and personal, sociocultural and environmental …

Health literacy and COVID-19-related beliefs and behaviors: a longitudinal study of the Japanese general population

H Ishikawa, M Kato - Health Promotion International, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Since the outbreak of novel coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19), health communication
has played a critical role in the process of disease prevention. Based on the concepts of …