Background Individuals with large followings can influence public opinions and behaviors,
especially during a pandemic. In the early days of the pandemic, US president Donald J …

Background In the United States, the rapidly evolving COVID-19 outbreak, the shortage of
available testing, and the delay of test results present challenges for actively monitoring its …

Objective Understanding public discourse on emergency use of unproven therapeutics is
essential to monitor safe use and combat misinformation. We developed a natural language …

Background: Although “infodemiological” methods have been used in research on
coronavirus disease (COVID-19), an examination of the extent of infodemic moniker …

Background Stigma is the deleterious, structural force that devalues members of groups that
hold undesirable characteristics. Since stigma is created and reinforced by society—through …

Twitter offers a potentially novel investigation line to evaluate self-perception and awareness
in the context of the public health response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) …

Background The recent coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is taking a toll on the
world's health care infrastructure as well as the social, economic, and psychological well …

Background: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is a national public
health protection agency in the United States. With the escalating impact of the COVID-19 …

Background The novel coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage communities across the
United States. Opinion surveys identified the importance of political ideology in shaping …

Background Although past research has focused on COVID-19–related frames in the news
media, such research may not accurately capture and represent the perspectives of people …