On November 8, 2021, the American Heart Association journal Circulation published a 300-word abstract of a research paper warning that…
Focus Tag: Vaccine & Medical Misinfo
Belief correlations with parental vaccine hesitancy: Results from a national survey | American Anthropologist
Abstract We conducted a nationally representative survey of parents’ beliefs and self-reported behaviors regarding childhood vaccinations. Using Bayesian selection among…
The Anti-Vaccine Movement’s New Frontier | The New York Times
The mother of four brought her children, ranging in age from grade school to high school, to the doctor’s office…
Vaccine Misinformation, Parenting, and the COVID-19 Death Toll | NPR
Any hour now, the U.S. is expected to officially mark one million lives lost to the COVID-19 pandemic. Health correspondent…
How vaccine misinformation made the COVID-19 death toll worse | NPR
As the U.S. nears one million deaths from COVID-19, analysis finds nearly a third of those deaths could have been…
How a Tennessee Nurse Unwittingly Became the Face of an Anti-Vax Campaign | On The Media
On this week’s show, we share an excerpt of a new podcast hosted by friend-of-the-show and NBC News reporter Brandy…
The complex realm of misinformation intervention | Popular Science
If you’re someone who’s “chronically online,” then chances are good that you’ve encountered content that is either false or misleading.…
Countries with lower-than-expected vaccination rates show unusually negative attitudes to vaccines on Twitter | The Conversation
In countries with lower-than-expected COVID-19 vaccination rates, mentions of side effects and negative emotions dominated overall social media discourses on…
Childhood Vaccinations Fell During the COVID-19 Pandemic | Time
Anti-vaccine sentiments have been simmering in the U.S. since at least 1998, when the Lancet, a prestigious medical journal, published—and later…
Anxiety and conflict avoidance keep people from calling out misinformation in messaging groups | Nieman Journalism Lab
You’re in a WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger group with people you know and interact with regularly. Maybe it’s a family…