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Video warning against eating bitter gourd with ladyfinger gets 88 million FB views

May 27, 2022

A video claiming that “consuming bitter gourd or white radish after ladyfinger results in food poisoning, skin diseases and even death” is fake news Uploaded...

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9 million deaths each year caused by pollution: Lancet report

May 26, 2022

Ninety two percent of pollution-related deaths, and the greatest burden of pollution’s economic losses, occur in low-income and middle-income countries...

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Afghan healthcare crumbles under Taliban rule

May 24, 2022

Sehatmandi Program, the country’s largest health project, is hindered by a lack of adequate funding. The project was previously funded by a grant of $140...

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Video warning against eating bitter gourd with ladyfinger gets 88 million FB views

May 19, 2022

A video claiming that “consuming bitter gourd or white radish after ladyfinger results in food poisoning, skin diseases and even death” is incomplete and false...

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Fact-check: Sunscreens don’t cause cancer

May 17, 2022

Most of the unfounded fears are essentially about the chemical ingredients seeping into the skin and entering the bloodstream. People use sunscreens to...

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Lonely, anxious and locked-down

May 16, 2022

A peek into the mental health chronicles of four people who availed of psychotherapy during the pandemic – to understand their unique journeys and learnings...

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Hypertension control: ‘Village doctors’ in China show the way

May 12, 2022

In rural China, where blood pressure control rates are poor, especially in rural areas, an intervention led by village doctors is proving successful in...

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Fact-check: MSG is safe for human consumption

May 11, 2022

Despite several claims of adverse health effects of MSG, studies find that the widely used food additive does not pose any serious hazards to the body. A...

OP-ED

I am an introvert but lockdown wasn’t for me.

May 10, 2022

I, along with many others, considered the lockdown a haven for introverts. But soon the piercing arrow of reality burst my bubble. I’m an introvert girl In a...

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WHO: 14.9m Covid-19 deaths in the world, 4.74m in India

May 6, 2022

India objects to “the use of mathematical models for projecting excess mortality estimates in view of the availability of authentic data.” New estimates from...