Infodemic

Musk reopens door for Covid disinfo, Chinese trolls blame US for unrest and NZ couple reject blood from vaccinated donors

2 Dec

ADHD prescriptions via TikTok, pro-life groups in Tennessee target IVF and Twitter’s blue check trolls

18 Nov

TikTok stars tout diabetes drugs as miracle weight loss aid, QAnon successes at US midterms, and greenwashing at COP27

11 Nov

Gender wars in Florida, scientists attacked in Belarus, and QAnon returns to Twitter

4 Nov

QAnon celebrates Musk takeover, pseudoscience at the Bundestag, and Chevron greenwashing

28 Oct

Fear, panic and fake news spread after Ebola outbreak in Uganda

21 Oct

The damage Alex Jones has done is unforgivable. It’s also irreversible.

14 Oct

Fear and panic stoked over fentanyl-laced Halloween candy, as US midterms approach

7 Oct

Anti-trans extremists target US hospitals for treating transgender patients

30 Sep

Medical misinformation rife in Amazon bestsellers about public health

23 Sep

Chinese censors working overtime to silence dissent on zero-Covid lockdowns in Xinjiang and Tibet

16 Sep

How bogus cancer treatments prey on the most vulnerable

9 Sep

Chinese state media’s rosy coverage of the most severe heat wave ever recorded

2 Sep

Parents are refusing the life-saving Vitamin K injection for newborn babies in new anti-science trend

26 Aug

Drones, PCR testing for fish, Zombie apocalypses — China’s Zero Covid policy limps on

19 Aug