Column

Fact-checking COVID-19 misinformation using online search data

July 1, 2022

Tracking Google Search trends reveal a lot about the pandemic. Such data also reveals the public perception of the disease. Journalists from Africa and India...

Column

Leveraging data to combat COVID-19

July 1, 2022

Reporting of COVID-19 data has been under the scanner since the pandemic began. Experts address the ongoing need to make sound decisions with the limited data...

Misinformation in Medicine Summit 2020 8 speakers

Column

Science and its role in responding to the infodemic

July 1, 2022

Top science communicators and the leading voices of the World Health Organization come together to discuss the role of science and the scientific community in...

Column

Role of tech companies in combating medical misinformation

July 1, 2022

Leaders in the technology industry from across the globe shared insights on building effective collaborations between tech companies, health authorities, and...

Column

COVID Chronicles: My tough, solo fight with the virus

July 1, 2022

This is my story of how I navigated through the pandemic all alone, in a hospital while my family was based in Delhi. The good news is, I could defeat the...

Videos

Busting 5 Yoga Myths! #InternationalYogaDay2022

June 21, 2022

There are many different approaches to modern yoga— though most forms have three core elements: physical postures, breathing exercises, and spiritual...

Climate Change

Climate change to have grim health fallout

May 19, 2022

According to WHO, climate change will cause around 250 000 additional deaths per year from malnutrition, malaria, diarrhea, and heat stress between the years...

In Conversation

Walk briskly for 10 mins daily, live for 20 years more

April 28, 2022

Researchers from the University of Leicester at the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre studied genetic data...

In Focus

162 attacks on health facilities in Ukraine: WHO survey

April 25, 2022

Preliminary results from the ongoing nationwide health needs assessment indicate that of the 1000 households that have responded so far, two in five have at...

Videos

Earth Day 2022 – Why do we celebrate Earth Day?

April 22, 2022

The 22nd of April is celebrated as Earth day every year. The day marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. The...