In an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19, the United States has endorsed a variety of public health measures and distributed their content expediently. While these measures are critical for saving the lives of thousands, they may be sources of stress for individuals managing chronic disease...

Computer-based infectious disease surveillance systems are capable of real-time or near real-time detection of serious illnesses and potential bioterrorism agent exposures and represent a major step forward in disease surveillance. Infectious Disease Informatics: Syndromic Surveillance for...

To explore the intersections between the threats posed by new public health challenges and new theories of governance, in March 2004 Temple Law School's Institute for International Law and Public Policy hosted a meeting on SARS, Public Health and Global Governance. The meeting involved leading...

This paper investigates the factors that contributed to the proliferation of online COVID skepticism on Twitter across Italian municipalities. We demonstrate that socio-demographic factors are likely to mitigate the emergence of skepticism, while populist political leanings were more likely to...

This study aimed to examine the effect of embracing the Health Belief Model (HBM) in governmental public health messages on social media during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Adoption of the HBM seeks to improve the level of response of Kuwaiti people towards governmental messages...

The COVID-19 pandemic increased pressure on the relationship between governments and the public, making cooperation between both actors more critical than ever. Surprisingly, there is significant variation in public compliance with health policies, especially regarding vaccine uptake across...