Facebook change to control covid-19 vaccine misinformation failed

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Anti-vaccine campaigns are often associated with misinformation Janine Wiedel/Alamy Facebook’s attempts to remove misinformation about covid-19 vaccines from its platform instead made anti-vaccine content more extreme, say researchers. David Broniatowski at the George Washington University in Washington DC and his colleagues monitored engagement with more than 200,000 posts on Facebook pages and groups between 15 … Read more

How mRNA is transforming the way we treat illnesses from flu to cancer

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By Michael Le Page Giulio Bonasera VIRUSES may be our enemies, but they have taught us a thing or two. When a virus takes hold, it hijacks our cells and puts them to work churning out the materials to make more virus. It is a diabolically effective strategy, allowing these invaders to rapidly grow their … Read more