In 2013, in a bid to combat Vaccine Hesitancy (VH) and provide information on vaccines by
communicating with the general public and the health community (eg, healthcare workers …

COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy is still widespread. During the pandemic, the internet has been
the preferred channel for health-related information, especially for less-educated citizens …

Starting from an analysis of communication in Italy during the COVID-19 emergency period
(February–June 2020), this paper provides an overview of the main challenges and …

Background The recent introduction of COVID-19 certificates in several countries, including
the introduction of the European green pass, has been met with protests and concerns by a …

Google Trends data are an efficient source for analysing internet search behaviour and
providing valuable insights into community dynamics and health-related problems. In this …

Background: Google Trends is an infoveillance tool widely used by the scientific community
to investigate different user behaviors related to COVID-19. However, several limitations …

The COVID-19 pandemic has generated a great impact worldwide both on the population
health but also on an economic and social level. In this health emergency, a key element …

Methods: Various metrics such as the number of visits to the site (sessions, number of users
and average session duration), user behaviour (pages viewed, bounce rate and organic …

Background: Between the end of February and the beginning of June 2020, Italy was
certainly one of the worst affected countries in the world by the coronavirus disease 2019 …

Objectives. The increasingly widespread use of the Internet by the population to collect
information regarding health and medical treatments and the circulation of many non …