Background: In this narrative review, we address the COVID-19 pandemic mis–dis
information crisis in which healthcare systems have been pushed to their limits, with …

Accompanied by false information, mass media content is hindering efforts to cope with the
current outbreak. Although the World Health Organization and other concerned bodies are …

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 …

Rationale The COVID-19 pandemic poses extraordinary challenges to public health.
Objective Because the novel coronavirus is highly contagious, the widespread use of …

Background COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy has emerged as a major public health challenge.
Although medical and scientific misinformation has been known to fuel vaccine hesitancy in …

With the circulation of misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health
Organization has raised concerns about an “infodemic,” which exacerbates people's …

Purpose The impact of COVID-19 has led to a surge in the public's reliance on the Internet
for pandemic information, and the policy of home isolation has exacerbated this. This study …

The emergence of COVID-19, caused by novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, became a
pandemic in just 10 weeks. Without effective medications or vaccines available, authorities …

Increased anxiety related to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in society
and specific professional groups has been reported by many authors. Most have applied …

Background: Over the past decade, there has been an increasing secular trend in the
number of studies on social media and health. Objective: The purpose of this cross-sectional …