JOHANNESBURG/BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, July 23 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Drinking alcohol will kill the coronavirus. It is OK to share face masks. Africans cannot get COVID-19. The pandemic is not even ...

Disinformation campaigns aren't only used in the world of politics. The World Health Organization says the coronavirus outbreak has sparked an "infodemic" -- an overwhelming amount of information ...

In the midst of the COVID-19 health crisis, the World Health Organization’s director general said, “we’re not just fighting a pandemic, we’re fighting an infodemic.” That fall, WHO issued a joint ...

(CNN) -- As health officials in a growing number of countries fight to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, they're also working to stem a secondary issue that the World Health Organization is ...

PARSIPPANY, N.J., March 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Global health and hygiene company RB – makers of the popular Lysol brand of disinfectant products – has launched a new public health information ...

There’s a no shortage of what President Donald Trump might call fake news about the coronavirus floating around social media, with plenty of it coming from his own Twitter account. That’s a problem ...

Officials who are trying to manage the coronavirus pandemic need to worry not just about responding medically; they need also ensure the public is accurately informed — fighting what the World Health ...

Sithandekile Mlauzi, 29, a VSO volunteer sits with her notebook and tablet on her lap in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, on July 11, 2020. [Thomson Reuters Foundation] Drinking alcohol will kill the coronavirus.

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on X (Opens in new window) There’s a no shortage of what President Donald Trump might call fake news about the coronavirus floating ...

There’s a no shortage of what President Donald Trump might call fake news about the coronavirus floating around social media, with plenty of it coming from his own Twitter account. That’s a problem ...