(HealthDay)—In a health emergency, social media giants like Facebook can be both quagmires of misinformation and sources of social support and reliable guidance, a small, new study suggests.
Oct 4, 2021
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The COVID-19 curve in the U.S. is rising again after months of decline, with the number of new cases per day doubling over the past three weeks, driven by the fast-spreading delta variant, lagging vaccination rates and Fourth ...
Jul 13, 2021
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The U.S. has seen a string of COVID-19 outbreaks tied to summer camps in recent weeks in places such as Texas, Illinois, Florida, Missouri and Kansas, in what some fear could be a preview of the upcoming school year.
Jul 12, 2021
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(HealthDay)—Bots, not individual users, drive much of the COVID-19 misinformation on Facebook, according to a new study.
Jun 7, 2021
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Memories are often considered very personal and private. Yet, in the past few years, people have got used to notifications from social media or phone galleries telling them they have a "memory."
Apr 15, 2021
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The actions that older adults take on Facebook may be more important to their user experience and well-being than their overall use of the site, according to researchers.
Jan 26, 2021
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Carnegie Mellon University researchers have begun daily nationwide surveys to determine U.S. acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines and pinpoint those states and localities where people are most skeptical of the shots.
Jan 21, 2021
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The human papillomavirus infection, or HPV, is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. HPV is associated with health problems including genital ...
Jan 6, 2021
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2020 is turning out to be a bummer—and acknowledging this fact is A-OK. That's a recommendation from Dr. Amy Dawel, a clinical and cognitive psychologist in the Research School of Psychology at ANU.
Oct 9, 2020
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Anti-vaccination discourse on Facebook increased in volume over the last decade, coalescing around the argument that refusing to vaccinate is a civil right, according to a study published today in the American Journal of ...
Oct 2, 2020
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