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Written from the perspective of public health professionals, this chapter explains the key features of health information-seeking and decision-making that make health disinformation not only an acute threat but also a long-term danger to population health if left unchallenged....

This scoping review aimed to map and synthesize evidence on the forms, spread, and impacts of misinformation related to sexual and reproductive health and rights in digital spaces, with a particular focus on implications for the protection and promotion of human rights....

This study, which explored how inoculation campaigns can be scaled in real-world social media feeds, found that Instagram users who watched a 19-second prebunking video about misleading content were more likely to identify deception in a news headline, with effects lasting up to five months....

This editorial argues that while stronger governmental regulation, platform moderation, and improved digital literacy are vital steps to addressing introduced bias and potential harm in health discourses online, attention to the structures of influence that form our information environment is key....

This special commentary considers concrete ways that clinicians can intervene using familiar techniques to support their patients to curate unhealthy information environments and empower them to make well-informed decisions that align with their health goals....

This article argues that public health must name the information environment as a determinant of health and confront the ways digitalization, platformization, and profit-driven design reshape health decisions and health promotion practice....