Political Interference: White House Launches Framework to Protect Scientific Integrity
The goal of the Framework for Federal Scientific Integrity Policy and Practice is to assist agencies across the Federal Government ...
Tag: Infodemic-Misinformation
Nominate Experts for National Academies’ Committee to Counter Misleading Information about Biological Threats
Inaccurate and misleading information about biological threats have become commonplace, presenting challenges to effective outbreak control, seeding distrust among affected ...
4 Essential Reads to Understand Russia’s False Claims About Biological Weapons in Ukraine
On March 11, 2022, Vasily Nebenzya, Russia’s U.N. ambassador, told the U.N. Security Council that Russia had discovered evidence of ...
Ivermectin: Misuse Against COVID Risks Undermining Its Use for Other Diseases
If you live in a western country, prior to the pandemic you probably hadn’t heard of the medicine ivermectin. It’s ...
Poison Control Centers Still Seeing Spike in Calls for Misuse of Bleach and Antiseptics for COVID
Through our work at the New South Wales Poisons Information Centre, we’re used to receiving calls from concerned parents about ...
Addressing Inaccurate and Misleading Information about Biological Threats through Scientific Collaboration and Communication: Committee Meeting 5
In this fifth meeting of the committee on Addressing Inaccurate and Misleading Information about Biological Threats through Scientific Collaboration and ...
Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS): Unverified Reports Fertile Ground for Misinformation Campaigns
Chances are you may not be not familiar with the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, or VAERS. Co-managed by the ...
COVID-19 Misinformation on Chinese Social Media – Lessons for Countering Conspiracy Theories
Conspiracy theories about COVID-19 have accompanied the pandemic from the beginning. Crucial to managing the pandemic is mitigating the effects ...
Disinformation Campaigns: Lessons from the Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has spawned an infodemic, a vast and complicated mix of information, misinformation and disinformation. In this environment, ...
