Background Vaccine hesitancy continues to limit global efforts in combatting the COVID-19
pandemic. Emerging research demonstrates the role of social media in disseminating …

Objectives: Successful immunization programs require strategic communication to increase
confidence among individuals who are vaccine-hesitant. This paper reviews research on …

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 …

Background Understanding the threat posed by anti-vaccination efforts on social media is
critically important with the forth coming need for world wide COVID-19 vaccination …

Vaccinations are without doubt one of the greatest achievements of modern medicine, and
there is hope that they can constitute a solution to halt the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic …

Donald Trump is the first US President to be on the record as having anti-vaccination
attitudes. Given his enormous reach and influence, it is worthwhile examining the extent to …

Vaccine hesitancy is currently recognized by the WHO as a major threat to global health.
Recently, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a growing interest in …

Background Social media use has become a mainstay of communication and with that
comes the exchange of factual and non-factual information. Social media has given many …

Vaccine refusal has been a recurring story in the media for well over a decade. Although
there is scant evidence that refusal is genuinely increasing in the population, multiple …

Vaccine misinformation circulated on social media has negatively impacted people's
vaccine beliefs and behaviors. Communication strategies to address misinformation …