Topic: Misinformation

Dr. Pauline Paterson explains the importance of public confidence in the COVID-19 vaccine.

Falling U.S. confidence in a COVID-19 vaccine threatens efforts to escape the worst effects of the pandemic.

Combating misinformation about COVID-19 and strengthening the U.S.

CSIS and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine’s Vaccine Confidence Project™ have launched a…

Within weeks of the emergence of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China, misleading rumours and conspiracy theories about the origin circulated the globe paired with fearmongering, racism and mass purchase of face masks, all closely linked to the new ‘infomedia’ ecosystems of the 21st century marked by social media.

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Commission joined forces to tackle the issue at the first global vaccination summit.

Emilie Karafillakis, research fellow for the Vaccine Confidence Project, speaks to France 24 about the rising anti-vaccination sentiment…

VCP Research Fellow Emilie Karafillakis comments on the anti-vaccination movement, the role of social media and the…

This year, the World Health Organization named vaccine hesitancy as one of the top 10 global health threats, alongside threats as grave as climate change, antimicrobial…

Too much is at stake for ourselves and our children to not apply the lessons from the…

Public confidence in an immunisation programme is a pivotal determinant of the programme’s success.

In June 2013 the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare…