Covid-19

Claims that the official COVID-19 app shares information with the police are simply unfounded, and only undermine test and trace efforts.

With pandemic-related anxiety and stress causing an increase in experience of sleep paralysis, we may well see an uptick in paranormal belief.

Brazil's rectal ozone therapy may sound ridiculous, but the reach of the pseudoscience movement is no joke

As conspiracy theories flood social media and users struggle to tell fact from fiction, we need to find better ways to stop misinformation from spreading.

Dentist Shaun Sellars looks at recent reports of facemasks causing a new dental phenomenon known as 'mask mouth'.

As covid-19 spreads across Brazil, Natalia Pasternak and Carlos Orsi highlight how one purported miracle cure found friends in very high places.

Our new editor Michael Marshall talks about the challenge of countering coronavirus misinformation and conspiracy theory, and why compassion is such an important aspect of skepticism.

Registered nutritionist Pixie Turner takes a look at some of the most common COVID-19 nutritional myths to arise during the pandemic.