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Daniel Wood / NPR

2:12pm Dec 05, 2021

Politics & Government Politics & Government Health & Safety

Pro-Trump counties now have far higher COVID death rates. Misinformation is to blame

An analysis by NPR shows that since the vaccine rollout, counties that voted heavily for Donald Trump have had more than twice the COVID mortality rates of those that voted for Joe Biden.
R. Kellman / Screenshot from Rumble

4:53pm Nov 04, 2021

National National Science Health & Safety

A doctor spread COVID misinformation and renewed her license with a mouse click

by Geoff Brumfiel

Lee Merritt is a back surgeon with a long history of spreading COVID misinformation. But she renewed her medical license last month.

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Danny Moloshok / AP

4:44pm Sep 29, 2021

Science Science Health & Safety

YouTube Is Banning All Content That Spreads Vaccine Misinformation

by Sharon Pruitt-Young

The site announced that videos that contain vaccine misinformation will be removed.
Gage Skidmore

10:36am Sep 14, 2021

National National Health & Safety

This Doctor Spread False Information About COVID. She Still Kept Her Medical License

by Geoff Brumfiel

Simone Gold isn't alone. NPR found other physicians who retained their licenses despite spreading misinformation online and to the media about effective COVID-19 vaccines and unproven treatments.
Imani Khayyam for KHN

5:41pm Sep 03, 2021

Health & Safety Health & Safety

This Teen's Community Rallied As She Fought COVID. But Many Still Shun The Vaccine

by Sarah Varney

Allie Henderson's friends, extended family, church and the community prayed for the popular young athlete and then celebrated her recovery. So why won't they follow her plea and get vaccinated?
John Raoux / AP

11:33am Jul 15, 2021

Health & Safety Health & Safety

The U.S. Surgeon General Is Calling COVID-19 Misinformation An 'Urgent Threat'

by Geoff Brumfiel

The nation's top doctor, Vivek Murthy, says misinformation will keep sowing mistrust and endangering lives unless all Americans do their part to fight it.
Matt Slocum / AP

12:57pm Jun 14, 2021

Science Science Health & Safety

Anti-Vaccine Activists Use A Federal Database To Spread Fear About COVID Vaccines

by Geoff Brumfiel

The system is designed to provide early warning of what might or might not be actual side effects. But anti-vaccine groups are bending the data to their own ends.
Emilija Manevska / Getty Images

8:54pm May 12, 2021

Science Science Health & Safety

For Some Anti-Vaccine Advocates, Misinformation Is Part Of A Business

by Geoff Brumfiel

The coronavirus pandemic has created an opening for vaccine opponents to peddle alternative therapies, unproven cures and website subscriptions.

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1:07pm Feb 08, 2021

Health & Safety Health & Safety

Facebook Widens Ban On COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation In Push To Boost Confidence

by Shannon Bond

The social network says it will focus on groups, pages and accounts repeatedly sharing false claims about vaccines.
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8:34pm Dec 16, 2020

National National Health & Safety

Twitter To Remove Or Place Warning Labels On COVID Vaccine Conspiracy Tweets

by Vanessa Romo

The social media giant says it will not allow tweets containing "unsubstantiated rumors, disputed claims" or promotion of "out of context information" about the vaccine.
Olivier Douliery / AFP via Getty Images

9:59pm Aug 05, 2020

Politics & Government Politics & Government

Twitter, Facebook Remove Trump Post Over False Claim About Children And COVID-19

by Shannon Bond

Both social networks said the president's false claims that children are "almost immune" from COVID-19 violated its policy on coronavirus misinformation.

coronavirus misinformation

Pro-Trump counties now have far higher COVID death rates. Misinformation is to blame

A doctor spread COVID misinformation and renewed her license with a mouse click

YouTube Is Banning All Content That Spreads Vaccine Misinformation

This Doctor Spread False Information About COVID. She Still Kept Her Medical License

This Teen's Community Rallied As She Fought COVID. But Many Still Shun The Vaccine

The U.S. Surgeon General Is Calling COVID-19 Misinformation An 'Urgent Threat'

Anti-Vaccine Activists Use A Federal Database To Spread Fear About COVID Vaccines

For Some Anti-Vaccine Advocates, Misinformation Is Part Of A Business

Facebook Widens Ban On COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation In Push To Boost Confidence

Twitter To Remove Or Place Warning Labels On COVID Vaccine Conspiracy Tweets

Twitter, Facebook Remove Trump Post Over False Claim About Children And COVID-19

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