Coronavirus myths currently circulating on Facebook

May 15, 2020

The volume of misinformation about coronavirus online calls for continuous monitoring and fact-checking. In this article, we debunk 7 myths that are currently...

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The need for ‘digital distancing’

May 15, 2020

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The COVID-19 pandemic reminds us that social media can be a double-edged sword. The challenge is to use it for social connectedness, rather than the spread of...

First Check

This video is circulating online with another false claim every second day

May 11, 2020

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A video of passengers in a commercial aircraft arguing with airline staff was earlier circulating on Facebook with a claim that Air India flouted social...

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Aspirin with honey & lemon juice will not kill the Covid-19

May 7, 2020

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False claims about home-made remedies and cures for Covid-19 have been doing rounds since the beginning of the pandemic. A claim encouraging people to mix a...

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Ratan Tata again hit by fake news, busts viral message

May 7, 2020

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India’s eminent industrialist and chairman of Tata Group Ratan Tata clarifies that a newspaper article titled Ratan Tata’s message in Hindi about COVID-19 is...

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10 widely shared misleading COVID-19 videos that we (almost) believed

May 1, 2020

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In the midst of an outbreak, social media is awash with misleading videos related to the COVID-19 outbreak. We compiled 10 most widely shared videos that...

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“To panic or not to”: Pan hysteria of the Covid-19 pandemic

April 17, 2020

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Immense pressure on the health-care system and staff, exhaustion of the medications and precautionary material and mass panic can have wider psycho-social...

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The quest for something old, something new

April 9, 2020

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The discourse around the COVID-19 pandemic has been fraught with the concept of ‘new normal’ and preparedness for the same. But isn’t normalcy a relative...

Research

A global coalition to accelerate COVID-19 clinical research in low income countries

April 4, 2020

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To accelerate COVID-19 related clinical research, especially in resource- limited settings, the Lancet has announced a global coalition of a number of...