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COVID-19 cases have nearly tripled in the U.S. over two weeks amid an onslaught of vaccine misinformation

COVID-19 cases have tripled in the U.S. over two weeks amid an onslaught of vaccine misinformation

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...

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is urging technology companies, health care workers and everyday Americans to do more to stop the spread of misinformation about COVID-19 and vaccines

In a White House briefing on Thursday, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy shared his new advisory on the dangers of health misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic.

After Facebook announced it was suspending former President Donald Trump from its platforms for two years, White House press secretary Jen Psaki called for social media platforms to fulfill its “responsibility” to stop the spread of misinformation. “Words do matter. Words do have an impact,” Psaki said. “We saw the impact on Jan. 6, of words on social media platforms....

More than 1 million San Diego County residents still have not been vaccinated and, according to doctors and medical experts, much of the reasoning behind their decision to stay unvaccinated could be based on misinformation.

Misinformation continues to play a role in the decision not to get vaccinated. NBC 7’s Artie Ojeda spoke to people and researchers about the divide.

Bogus claims about the coronavirus have exploded since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic a year ago, and much of the job of correcting misinformation has fallen to the world’s front-line medical workers.

Before November’s election, Spanish-language misinformation inundated heavily Hispanic parts of the United States.

With so much misinformation spreading online, it can be hard to know what to trust. Daniel Funke, a reporter for PolitiFact, joined LX News to share some tips to avoid accidentally spreading fake news.

One of the most common pieces of misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine is that it will make women infertile. Iahn Gonsenhauser, chief patient safety officer at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, explains why you shouldn’t believe this myth.

Major social platforms have been cracking down on the spread of misinformation and conspiracy theories in the wake of the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol

Bigotry toward Asian Americans and Asian food has spread steadily alongside the coronavirus in the United States. Distorted information about the virus that first appeared in China has led to a revival of century-old tropes about Asian food being dirty.

An NYC ER doctor who has seen the devastating impact of COVID-19 on his patients is now working to fight misinformation about the vaccine. Dr. Steven McDonald of Columbia University’s Irving Medical Center joined LX News to explain why communities of color are less likely to trust medical authorities and why it’s so important to reduce those doubts.

President Trump fired Chris Krebs, who headed election cybersecurity at the Department of Homeland Security, on Tuesday after he debunked claims of fraud and hacking in the election. Nellie Gorbea, the Rhode Island secretary of state and an expert on election security, told LX News that his firing poses a danger to our country that goes beyond the election.

Ever since Russian agents and other opportunists abused its platform in an attempt to manipulate the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Facebook has insisted — repeatedly — that it’s learned its lesson and is no longer a conduit for misinformation, voter suppression and election disruption

Facebook is banning posts that deny or distort the Holocaust and will start directing people to authoritative sources if they search for information about the Nazi genocide.

Twitter is imposing tough new rules that restrict candidates from declaring premature victory and tighten its measures against spreading misinformation, calling for political violence and spreading thoughtless commentary in the days leading up to and following the Nov. 3 U.S. election.

With cases once again on the rise, health experts are warning Americans not to become lax in protecting themselves and others from the coronavirus.