As a science communication scholar, I’ve always supported vaccination and trusted medical experts – and I still do. As a new mom, however, I’ve been confronting new-to-me emotions and concerns while ...

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In this chapter, we examine the impacts of misinformation about science with the aim of understanding those that most warrant intervention to prevent harm to individuals, communities, and society.

Misinformation about scientific topics, including falsehoods such as vaccines cause autism and climate change being an entirely natural phenomenon, is an issue scientists have been discussing more and ...

About two-thirds of U.S. adults (65%) say science has had a mostly positive effect on society, while 28% say it has had an equal mix of positive and negative effects and just 7% say it has had a ...

The convergence of rapid environmental change and emerging infectious diseases presents an urgent challenge for global public health. Harnessing advances in ...

Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide, underscoring the urgent need for improved therapeutic strategies grounded in ...

The spread of misinformation can be driven by a variety of factors, and some purveyors of misinformation have been shown to employ a number of different strategies and tools to enhance spread. This ...