This commentary highlights challenges of, and offers suggestions for avoiding, information overload and infodemic problems.

Unlike any previous pandemics, COVID-19 has brought about a new set of challenges in the current digital age – information overload and an infodemic with false news, conspiracy theories, and racist ideologies. The authors provide numerous suggestions for information consumers, including the following:

• Visit only authentic and official websites such as WHO, CDC, and John Hopkins University
• Do not keep a daily count of national and global cases of COVID-19, and do not regularly share this information via social media
• Verify any suspicious information with a fact-checking website
• Do not believe and share claims of miracle cures and homemade remedies
• Health professionals should not share overwhelming research files and presentations
• Avoid inflammatory or racist posts targeting specific groups of people
• Reduce time spent reading, watching, and listening to COVID-19 related news