Tracking and contextualizing trending narratives across the nation's most pressing health topics

The Monitoring Lab is currently providing weekly insights and real-time data dashboards on the four topics below. Select your topic of interest and area of practice to access data and insights tailored to your work.

Weekly insights

Vaccines

Public health Health care

References to vaccines, including questions, concerns and false narratives.

Opioids

Public health

Conversation about opioids and the opioid crisis.

Mental health

Public health

References to mental health conditions and mental health stigma.

Reproductive health

Public health

Top issues in reproductive health and health care.

The insights on these pages are based on the monitoring of publicly available data. While some insights reference specific false claims and conspiracy theories, others are included to indicate gaps in knowledge, concerns, speculation, and other trending narratives related to the topic. Inclusion in reporting is based on reach and velocity of spread and on whether conversations may impact health behaviors and decisions.

Tracking all publicly available media data, our monitoring systems provide real-time intelligence on the health narratives trending across the country.

Dashboards are currently active across four health topics in the U.S., with additional countries and topics coming later this year.

Original reporting

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After June peak, false claims about bird flu diminish but continue spreading

An overview of the misleading and false narratives about bird flu on social media between mid-May and mid-July 2024.

Online discussions about bird flu are recycling COVID-19 narratives

A slew of headlines has the public questioning the American health system, pandemic preparedness, and whether or not milk is safe to drink.

Measles in 2024: Online conversations spike as U.S. cases rise

In November 2023, the CDC and WHO released a joint report about the rising threat of measles worldwide.

Tracking and contextualizing trending narratives across the nation's most pressing health topics

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Weekly insights

Vaccines

Opioids

Mental health

Reproductive health

Tracking all publicly available media data, our monitoring systems provide real-time intelligence on the health narratives trending across the country.

Read in-depth reports from science journalists