There has been increasing concern with the growing infusion of misinformation, or “fake
news”, into public discourse and politics in many western democracies. Our article first …

Background Evidence suggests that the COVID-19 pandemic has generally increased levels
of stress and depression among the public. However, the impact on college students in the …

Large language models have abilities in creating high-volume human-like texts and can be
used to generate persuasive misinformation. However, the risks remain under-explored. To …

COVID-19 is currently the third leading cause of death in the United States, and
unvaccinated people continue to die in high numbers. Vaccine hesitancy and vaccine …

Despite major advances in vaccination over the past century, resurgence of vaccine-
preventable illnesses has led the World Health Organization to identify vaccine hesitancy as …

BackgroundSocial media platforms have long been recognised as major disseminators of
health misinformation. Many previous studies have found a negative association between …

Low digital health literacy affects large percentages of populations around the world and is a
direct contributor to the spread of COVID-19-related online misinformation (together with …

Background The public must routinely practice precautionary behaviors to control the spread
of COVID-19, as no vaccines and antiviral treatments are currently available. This paper …

There is an “infodemic” associated with the COVID-19 pandemic—an overabundance of
valid and invalid information. Health literacy is the ability to access, understand, appraise …

The proliferation of misinformation on social media platforms is faster than the spread of
Corona Virus Diseases (COVID-19) and it can generate hefty deleterious consequences on …