Monique Verdin, "Headwaters : Tamaracks + Time : Lake Itasca" (2019), digital assemblage. Photograph taken in 2019; United States War Department map of the route passed over by an expedition into the Indian country in 1832 to the source of the Mississippi River.

Coping with Fake News During Health Emergencies

February 2, 2018

2/1/18 – As the flu continues to spread, false reports have also marched across the internet, including claims that a government doctor linked the epidemic to the flu vaccine itself. Indeed, an innovator in digital networks recently suggested in Issues that coping with major disease outbreaks will likely be complicated by misinformation magnified through the explosion of unfiltered channels of communication, and he called for assembling a global volunteer corps of scientists and communicators who can respond quickly and precisely to social and scientific challenges that arise during health emergencies.