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

Despite major advances in vaccination over the past century, resurgence of vaccine-
preventable illnesses has led the World Health Organization to identify vaccine hesitancy as …

Background Vaccination against the novel coronavirus is one of the most effective strategies
for combating the global Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. However, vaccine …

Objectives. To understand how Twitter bots and trolls (“bots”) promote online health content.
Methods. We compared bots' to average users' rates of vaccine-relevant messages, which …

Parental vaccine hesitancy is becoming an increasingly important public health concern in
the United States. In March 2020, an assessment of the latest CDC National Immunization …

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

Vaccination is one of the great achievements of the 20th century, yet persistent public-health
problems include inadequate, delayed, and unstable vaccination uptake. Psychology offers …

Background Vaccine hesitancy has been recognized as a major global health threat. Having
access to any type of information in social media has been suggested as a potential …

Background Due in part to declining vaccination rates, in 2018 over 20 states reported at
least one case of measles, and over 40,000 cases were confirmed in Europe. Anti-vaccine …

Over the past decade, anti-vaccination rhetoric has become part of the mainstream
discourse regarding the public health practice of childhood vaccination. These utilise social …