Social media fuels wave of coronavirus misinformation as users focus on popularity, not accuracy
Jon-Patrick Allem, University of Southern California Over the past few weeks, misinformation about the new coronavirus pandemic has been spreading across social media at an alarming rate. One video that […]
The need for human rights in this global pandemic
The USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health (USC IIGH) has witnessed how harmful COVID-19 is to highly vulnerable populations worldwide, including the elderly, the sick, the poor, the criminalized, sexual and […]
Researchers take to Twitter to hear vaping concerns amidst COVID-19
The team at USC Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science (TCORS) has made it their mission to investigate the use, and understand the health effects, of e-cigarettes for the last 7 […]
Teaching COVID-19: USC students see how virus has affected medicine, public health
Medical students at USC can now count public heath as part of their degree training. A new course titled “COVID-19: A 21st Century Pandemic: Will it Lead to Lasting Change?” […]
Watch ‘The Intersection of Two Pandemics: COVID-19 and Addiction’
On Thursday at 1 p.m., join Adam Leventhal, PhD, Director of the USC Institute for Addiction Science, and Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, PhD, Senior Fellow at the USC Schaeffer Center, for […]
PhD student receives funding to study family planning during COVID-19 pandemic
How does a pandemic impact family planning? Christine Naya, PhD candidate in the Health Behavior Research program at Keck School of Medicine of USC, has been awarded funding from USC […]
Why COVID-19 vaccines need to prioritize ‘superspreaders’
Why COVID-19 vaccines need to prioritize ‘superspreaders’ How should COVID-19 vaccine be prioritized? AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File Dana Goldman, University of Southern California; David Conti, University of Southern California, […]
When addiction and COVID-19 collide
The coronavirus outbreak could worsen America’s substance use crisis. USC addiction expert Adam Leventhal explains why it matters to all of us. (Originally posted at Trojan Family Magazine.) By Eric Lindberg […]
