Background Driven by the COVID-19 pandemic and the dire need to discover an antiviral
drug, we explored the landscape of the SARS-CoV-2 biomedical publications to identify …

Appendix 1. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an unprecedented focus of the world's
scientific community on one topic. To quantify, we have calculated that 4% of all scientific …

Background: To create a successful public health initiative that counters vaccine hesitancy
and promotes vaccine acceptance, it is essential to gain a strong understanding of the …

The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed the way that public health
professionals work and communicate. Over a very short time span, remote working …

Background Social media and digital technologies have played essential roles in
disseminating information and promoting vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic. There …

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 …

The new identified virus COVID-19 has become one of the most contagious diseases in
human history. The ongoing coronavirus has created severe threats to global mental health …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic has already claimed considerable lives. There are
major concerns in Africa due to existing high prevalence rates for both infectious and non …

INTRODUCTION False messages about the COVID-19 pandemic may spread faster than
the virus itself. From countless fabrications about coronavirus cures to fraudulent COVID-19 …

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an avalanche of information, much of it false or
misleading. Social media posts with misleading or dangerous opinions and analyses are …