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Focus Tag: Vaccine & Medical Misinfo
Belief correlations with parental vaccine hesitancy: Results from a national survey | American Anthropologist
by Luke J. Matthews, Sarah A. Nowak, Courtney C. Gidengil, Christine Chen, Joseph M. Stubbersfield, Jamshid J. Tehrani, and Andrew M. Parker
June 8, 2022
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
by Moises Velasquez-Manoff
May 25, 2022
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
by Allison Aubrey, Emily Kwong, and Margaret Cirino
May 18, 2022
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
by A Martinez and Allison Aubrey
May 16, 2022
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
by WNYC Studios
May 15, 2022
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
by Charlotte Hu
May 11, 2022
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
by Jungmi Jun and Ali Zain
May 10, 2022
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
by Jeffrey Kluger
May 6, 2022
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
by Shraddha Chakradhar
April 28, 2022
You’re in a WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger group with people you know and interact with regularly. Maybe it’s a family…