Objective To compare and summarize the literature regarding infodemics and health
misinformation, and to identify challenges and opportunities for addressing the issues of …

Background Misinformation poses a serious challenge to clinical and policy decision-
making in the health field. The COVID-19 pandemic amplified interest in misinformation and …

Background: Although at present there is broad agreement among researchers, health
professionals, and policy makers on the need to control and combat health misinformation …

Contemporary commentators describe the current period as “an era of fake news” in which
misinformation, generated intentionally or unintentionally, spreads rapidly. Although …

Background: The widespread use of social media represents an unprecedented opportunity
for health promotion. We have more information and evidence-based health related …

Background Social media has been extensively used for the communication of health-
related information and consecutively for the potential spread of medical misinformation …

ABSTRACT A proliferation of a variety of health misinformation is present online, particularly
during times of public health crisis. To combat online health misinformation, numerous …

Background Web-based sources are increasingly employed in the analysis, detection, and
forecasting of diseases and epidemics, and in predicting human behavior toward several …

Most physicians and other healthcare professionals are unaware of the pervasiveness of
poor quality clinical evidence that contributes considerably to overuse, underuse, avoidable …

Social media has been one of the main information consumption sources for the public,
allowing people to seek and spread information more quickly and easily. However, the rise …