The spread of misinformation poses a considerable threat to public health and the
successful management of a global pandemic. For example, studies find that exposure to …

Misinformation has been identified as a major contributor to various contentious
contemporary events ranging from elections and referenda to the response to the COVID-19 …

Large language models have abilities in creating high-volume human-like texts and can be
used to generate persuasive misinformation. However, the risks remain under-explored. To …

Online misinformation continues to have adverse consequences for society. Inoculation
theory has been put forward as a way to reduce susceptibility to misinformation by informing …

Patients with cancer have a higher risk of severe coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and
associated mortality than the general population. Owing to this increased risk, patients with …

Fact-checking has become increasingly important due to the speed with which both
information and misinformation can spread in the modern media ecosystem. Therefore …

There has been increasing concern with the growing infusion of misinformation, or “fake
news”, into public discourse and politics in many western democracies. Our article first …

Long-term control of the COVID-19 pandemic hinges in part on the development and uptake
of a preventive vaccine. In addition to a segment of population that refuses vaccines, the …

The outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has been accompanied by
a large amount of misleading and false information about the virus, especially on social …

Conspiracy theories started to appear on social media immediately after the first news about
COVID-19. Is the virus a hoax? Is it a bioweapon designed in a Chinese laboratory? These …