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There's a lot of information on the internet about what's happening with the COVID-19 pandemic, and it can be hard to figure out what to listen to. In Learn, we encourage you to empower yourself through honing your information literacy skills, and maybe even find peace of mind by reading articles that explain how the pandemic impacts our mental health.

What is health information literacy?

Information literacy is the ability to locate and to identify accurate and authoritative information. When it comes to health and COVID-19, that means being able to recognize legitimate medical information.

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Many factors, including social distancing at a time when social interactions are crucial to a healthy sense of self, make it so that mental health is one of the most impacted areas of a teenager's life during the pandemic. In this section, we present resources that can help you understand how COVID-19 affects your mental health.

Developing your information literacy skills can help you spot misleading articles and search more effectively for accurate and authoritative sources. In this section, we provide resources that can give you confidence and peace of mind while sorting through the extensive amount of news and information related to COVID-19.