reportMar 5, 2021 Growing Share of Americans Say They Plan To Get a COVID-19 Vaccine – or Already Have 77% think vaccinations will benefit the economy.
reportDec 3, 2020 Intent to Get a COVID-19 Vaccine Rises to 60% as Confidence in Research and Development Process Increases Still about two-in-ten U.S. adults are “pretty certain” they won’t get the vaccine – even when there’s more information.
reportMay 12, 2020 Most Americans Say Federal Government Has Primary Responsibility for COVID-19 Testing Also, a declining share of Republicans say the coronavirus is a major threat to health in the United States.
short readsMar 18, 2020 About half of U.S. adults are wary of health effects of genetically modified foods, but many also see advantages Views about the health effects of genetically modified foods grew more negative between 2016 and 2018 and have been steady since then.
short readsJun 4, 2020 Black Americans face higher COVID-19 risks, are more hesitant to trust medical scientists, get vaccinated Black Americans stand out from other racial and ethnic groups in their attitudes toward key health care questions associated with the pandemic.
short readsMar 13, 2020 Amid coronavirus threat, Americans generally have a high level of trust in medical doctors In 2019, 74% of Americans said they had a mostly positive view of doctors; 68% had a mostly favorable view of medical research scientists.
reportMay 21, 2020 Trust in Medical Scientists Has Grown in U.S., but Mainly Among Democrats About six-in-ten Americans believe social distancing measures are helping a lot to slow the spread of coronavirus in the nation.
reportSep 17, 2020 U.S. Public Now Divided Over Whether To Get COVID-19 Vaccine There are widely held concerns about the safety and effectiveness of a possible vaccine and the pace of the approval process.
short readsJan 7, 2020 More Americans now see ‘very high’ preventive health benefits from measles vaccine As in 2016, 88% of U.S. adults say its benefits outweigh the risks. And the share who consider its preventive benefits to be “very high” rose by 11 points to 56%.
short readsFeb 12, 2020 Key findings about Americans’ confidence in science and their views on scientists’ role in society Here is a roundup of key takeaways from our studies of U.S. public opinion about science issues and their effect on society.