COVID misinformation

California has recently become the first state to launch a chatbot that will help combat misinformation about COVID-19 especially in Spanish-speaking communities.

“I’m not trying to promote misinformation, I’m not trying to be controversial,” Rogan said in an Instagram video on Sunday.

Spotify is adding a content advisory warning to podcasts that discuss COVID-19 amid complaints that it was allowing misinformation to spread on its platform.

Earlier Sunday, an Archewell spokesperson said Prince Harry and Meghan told Spotify “about the all too real consequences of COVID-19 misinformation on its platform.”

The couple, who partnered with Spotify in 2020, said they plan to continue working with the platform.

Twitter says it’s banned the personal account of far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for multiple violations of the platform’s COVID-19 misinformation policy

Republicans in New Hampshire are struggling to contain a party wing that’s promoting conspiracy views about the COVID-19 vaccine and pushing back against federal vaccine mandates

As part of a mounting effort to curb the spread of COVID-19 misinformation, which the county has already declared a public health crisis, the Board of Supervisors has invited a panel of doctors to fact-check Tuesday’s meeting.

Front-line medical workers are growing weary of COVID-19 denial and misinformation in treating unvaccinated patients during the delta-driven surge

There’s a sudden shortage of an important medication for horses because a growing number of people are taking it to treat themselves for COVID-19.

Trinidad and Tobago’s health minister is pushing back on what he says are “false claims” made by rapper Nicki Minaj, who tweeted earlier this week about an uncorroborated adverse reaction from the coronavirus vaccine on testicles.

Public forums before local school boards and city councils are the latest source of misinformation about COVID-19

YouTube has suspended U.S. Sen. Rand Paul for seven days after the Kentucky Republican posted a misleading video suggesting face masks don’t prevent infection by COVID-19.

President Joe Biden on Friday criticized social media platforms like Facebook for spreading misinformation about the coronavirus and vaccines, as his administration has blamed them for stalling U.S. vaccine rates. “They’re killing people,” Biden said when asked what his message was to social media platforms like Facebook on the spread of false and misleading claims about the virus and the safety of...