en Health Education Health Education Editorial Editorial <strong>Background: </strong>In the 21st century, the world has become a global village and a disease outbreak in one part of the world can spread rapidly to other countries far away.<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Methods:</strong> The emergence of the new Coronavirus (COVID-19) in China in January 2020 and its growing level of spread and severity between and within other countries as well as different continents has become a global emergency. Moreover, low health literacy results in more problems and continuation of the outbreak. Consequently, COVID-19 pandemic may produce new debates, discussions, and disturbing developments every day. In the meantime, cyberspace plays an important role in this case.<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Results:</strong> Improving people&#39;s health literacy can lead to increased potential of patients to make informed decisions, reduce health risks, increase disease prevention, and improve quality of life.<br> <strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; Conclusion:</strong> The experience during COVID-19 pandemic has shown that health literacy plays an important role in preventing and controlling diseases and pandemic.<br> &nbsp; COVID-19, Health literacy, Sources of news 453 455 http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1821-6&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Seyed Mohammad Hashemi-Shahri dr.s.m.hashemishahri@zaums.ac.ir 200319475328460064063 200319475328460064063 No Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran Mohammad Khammarnia khammarnia@zaums.ac.ir 200319475328460064064 200319475328460064064 No Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran Alireza Ansari-Moghaddam ansarialireza@yahoo.com 200319475328460064065 200319475328460064065 Yes Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran Fatemeh Setoodehzadeh fsetudezade@gmail.com 200319475328460064066 200319475328460064066 No Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran Hassan Okati-Aliabad okati_h@yahoo.com 200319475328460064067 200319475328460064067 No Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran Mostafa Peyvand mp.peyvand@gmail.com 200319475328460064068 200319475328460064068 No Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran