At-home COVID-19 testing is one of our best tools to prevent the spread of the virus—alongside getting vaccinated and boosted. COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective at preventing infection, hospitalization, and serious illness, but no vaccine prevents 100% of infections. As the virus continues to evolve and cases are projected to spike seasonally, at-home testing helps
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Survey: PHCC Communications Resources
As PHCC creates more skills-based resources for public health communicators, we want to hear from you on our latest resource the Plain Language for Public Health Guide as well as other kinds of communications resources you’d like to see from PHCC. Your responses will guide us as we continue to produce resources that are most
Communications Tool: Plain Language for Public Health
Effective public health communications are critical to help people stay informed and make decisions about their health. When accurate information about public health is hard to find or understand, it’s easier for false and misleading information to circulate. Using plain language can help your audience find what they need and understand what they find.
Updated Toolkit: Children and COVID-19 Vaccination
The CDC recommends that children age 6 months and older should get a Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. The decision was made after analyzing substantial data from clinical trials involving thousands of children, confirming the vaccine’s safety and effectiveness for children in this age group. The CDC also recommends boosters for children at least 2
Toolkit: At-Home COVID-19 Testing
Testing is one of our best tools to prevent the spread of COVID-19, alongside getting vaccinated and boosted. As we approach winter and the holiday season, our newest at-home COVID-19 testing toolkit provides messaging guidance to help the public understand when to test and how to use at-home tests correctly. This toolkit has graphics and
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Misinformation Alerts
False claims about HPV vaccines continue to circulate online
A popular social media account that frequently promotes vaccine misinformation claims the CDC lied about the effectiveness of the HPV vaccine. The post claims that
Post baselessly links actor’s death to COVID-19 vaccines
The recent death of a 60-year-old actor has prompted some anti-vaccine proponents to baselessly claim that COVID-19 vaccines are to blame. The actor’s cause of
Bizarre claims circulate that COVID-19 vaccines contain toxins, nanochips, and parasites
Social media posts trending in English and Spanish are circulating the claims of a supposed “WHO whistleblower” who previously promoted hoax vaccine detoxes. The claims