Science is frequently used and distorted to advance political, economic, or cultural agendas.
The politicization of science can limit the positive impacts that scientific advances can offer …

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic poses wide-ranging impacts on the
physical and mental health of people around the world, increasing attention from both …

This study examines the level of politicization and polarization in COVID-19 news in US
newspapers and televised network news from March to May 2020. Using multiple computer …

Researchers have been working quickly and collaboratively for the development of vaccines
against the COVID-19 virus. The effort of the scientific community in searching a vaccine for …

Surveys are a crucial tool for understanding public opinion and behaviour, and their
accuracy depends on maintaining statistical representativeness of their target populations …

During international crises, trust in government is expected to increase irrespective of the
wisdom of the policies it pursues. This has been called a 'rally-round-the-flag'effect. This …

Numerous polls suggest that COVID-19 is a profoundly partisan issue in the United States.
Using the geotracking data of 15 million smartphones per day, we found that US counties …

We synthesize the literature on the recent rise of populism. First, we discuss definitions and
present descriptive evidence on the recent increase in support for populists. Second, we …

Context: Social distancing is an essential but economically painful measure to flatten the
curve of emergent infectious diseases. As the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 …

Affective polarization has become a defining feature of twenty-first-century US politics, but
we do not know how it relates to citizens' policy opinions. Answering this question has …