Conspiracy theories about monkeypox are spreading as fast as the virus itself, mirroring the proliferation of misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study from the University of Alberta.
Oct 19, 2022
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Have you ever been mocked or abused for your views on COVID? If so, you're not alone. Anyone wishing to engage in an open dialogue surrounding the pandemic can often encounter a hostile climate, especially online.
Sep 20, 2022
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The COVID pandemic has been a shock. Practically nobody alive today has previously encountered a virus so contagious that it spreads worldwide, infects at least half a billion people, kills millions, and brings everyday life ...
Sep 16, 2022
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The Global COVID-19 pandemic has been marked by a significant minority of people expressing conspiratorial beliefs. Now a new study has shown that these beliefs may be harmful, especially to those who are prone to anxiety ...
Jun 7, 2022
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This year marks 50 years since it came to light that the nation's leading public health agency, the Public Health Service, conceived an unethical "research study"—the Tuskegee Experiment—that lasted for 40 years. The ...
May 3, 2022
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Wariness and outright hostility to vaccines did not start with COVID-19 but date back to the 18th century when the first shots were given.
Jan 31, 2022
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Twenty-one months into the global pandemic, millions of Americans continue to believe misinformation about vaccination and COVID-19, and these beliefs are associated with hesitancy to get themselves and their children vaccinated—or, ...
Dec 17, 2021
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Belief in anti-vaccination conspiracy theories can be reduced by correcting misperceptions of what others in society believe, according to psychologists who have examined the impact of a new social intervention approach.
Nov 16, 2021
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It is not entirely irrational to fear needles (or to suffer from trypanophobia for those who prefer the Greek term). Likewise, feeling anxious about injecting a foreign substance into the bloodstream seems quite reasonable.
Nov 15, 2021
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The place culture occupies in the ongoing COVID-19 crisis is an ever-evolving field of study. Most of the estimated 70,000 coronavirus-related research papers published in the first year of the pandemic addressed its biological ...
Nov 11, 2021
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