The RootsToSky.com/Covid Misinformation Files

The counselors are themselves a kind of prophylaxis. Their job is to ask about parents’ worries long before anyone’s trying to vaccinate their kids.

Don’t try to change someone else’s mind. Instead, help them find their own motivation to change.

A video shared over 8,300 times on Facebook makes false claims about the optional microchip that could be contained within the syringes label of the eventual COVID-19 vaccine. The video alleges that the microchip “would give officials information on who has and has not been vaccinated” and “track the location of the patient”. These claims are false.

Israel’s world-beating vaccine rollout is highlighting the inequalities of life under occupation.

Figures from the new age, wellness and alternative lifestyle scenes have fallen down the COVID conspiracy rabbit hole, forming an unlikely anti-lockdown alliance with the far-right.

The Great Reset conspiracy theory blends together legitimate critiques with truly dangerous anti-vaccination fantasies and outright coronavirus denialism.

People tracking their descent into paranoia are already concerned about what could go wrong.

It’s no secret that political candidates running for office face a barrage of personal attacks on the campaign trail — t

Nonsense does as well as facts on social media, and it’s hard to separate the unorthodox from the entirely unreal, writes Navneet Alang.

“There will be a period of epic withdrawal,” warned one addiction specialist, once schools, activities and social life return to normal.

QAnon, the baseless far-right conspiracy theory, has gone from anonymous message boards into the mainstream. It's even found a home in the yoga world.

Self-enhancement through spiritual practices can fool some of us into thinking we’re evolving and growing when all we’re growing is our ego

The brain is surprisingly changeable.

So much hope is riding on a breakthrough, but a vaccine is only the beginning of the end.

The only drawback of masks is that they don’t muffle your dumb-ass justifications

There's growing consensus that offering the COVID-19 vaccine to as many people as possible may have more impact than holding back supplies to give recipients their second dose — but in Ontario, officials still plan to maintain the two-dose timeframe to ensure immunity.

At Yahoo Finance's All Markets Summit, Dr. Anthony Fauci outlines the key goals of COVID-19 vaccine candidates racing to the finish line.

Eric Topol talks with Paul Offit about the timing of phase 3 vaccine trials, the need for public trust, and what might not be known when a vaccine rollout begins.

Unproven technologies, unsafe ingredients and inadequate testing — fortunately, current law prohibits mandating unlicensed vaccines approved for “emergency use.”

Without the efforts of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the COVID-19 crisis would almost certainly be worse. But is it worth what we may have lost?

A COVID vaccine developer, an Arctic voyager and a prime minister are some of the people behind the year’s big research stories.