Over the weekend, rumors echoed across Massachusetts that the governor was preparing an order to “shelter in place.” A panicked public bought up supplies of toilet paper, cleaning products, pasta, and ...

BELLEVUE, Wa. — Even as they're learning more about defeating COVID-19, doctors are up against another contender. "When the vaccine came out and we felt everybody felt that the pandemic was ending or ...

Covid-19 spread from China, but much of the "infodemic" is coming from the White House. According to a new study from Cornell University, President Donald Trump is the world’s biggest spreader of ...

Thanks to COVID-19, social media has never been more important — or more dangerous. Information — good or bad — spreads at lightning speed, including viral rumors, conspiracy theories, and “cures” ...

Three organizations focusing on visual media have come together to launch an open call for artworks that can fight against a rising tide of misinformation related to the coronavirus pandemic. The ...

Paul Nash, “We are Making a New World” (1918) oil, 27.99 in by 35.98 in, at the Imperial War Museum, London (image courtesy and via Wikimedia Commons) In public policy, metaphors are medicine with ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. As COVID-19 spread early this year, experts voiced ...

COVID-19 was not the only pandemic sweeping the globe during the last year: the rapid spread of the coronavirus was accompanied, aided and abetted by an “infodemic” of misinformation. Among the ...