Decoding the ‘COVID-19 lung’

February 17, 2022

Various factors affect the lung damage risk in COVID-19 infections and how likely the patient is to regain lung function. A viral image circulating on social...

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6 COVID-19 myths that refuse to die

January 10, 2022

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A viral WhatsApp video, circulating in India, peddles old misleading claims about the coronavirus in an engaging way. Amidst reports of surging COVID-19 cases...

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What The Fact! – The truth behind relentless pandemic struggles in the US

December 2, 2021

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While the rest of the world is seeing a relative lull in new cases and a dip in the active COVID-19 cases, the United States continues to fight a grim battle –...

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‘Hong Kong behind in the queue to get the vaccines’

November 2, 2021

Hong Kong, for its population of around 7.5 million, has 22.5 million doses of COVID vaccines on order. And yet, Asia’s World City is falling behind...

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The Facebook Papers: How vaccine misinformation thrived

October 29, 2021

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While Facebook claims to have made “considerable progress” with downgrading misinformation regarding COVID vaccines in users’ feeds, the internal company...

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“Uttar Pradesh has changed. Uttar Pradesh is much more efficient, and has a good accountability system”: Jai Pratap Singh, Health Minister, Uttar Pradesh

October 25, 2021

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The Health of India – Uttar Pradesh Summit saw the speakers dwell on reasons why the state and the country has been able to get some control on the...

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Factually Speaking: Decoding Ivermectin

October 22, 2021

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There has been growing interest in Ivermectin, a broad spectrum anti-parasitic agent, as a possible medication for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19. A...

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What The Fact! – When the data is misrepresented

October 18, 2021

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It might compel people to believe that there is no pandemic, and that we are being lied to about the virus. And this, in turn, might make them lower their...

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Factually Speaking: Combating COVID-19 myths in Africa

October 8, 2021

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A primary healthcare practitioner from the Republic of Congo, Africa, sheds light on the challenges of fighting health misinformation during the pandemic...

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India has a very good system for mass vaccination : Dr. Roderico Ofrin, WHO Representative to India

October 6, 2021

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The special webinar, hosted by the Asia News Network, in collaboration with DataLEADS and The Statesman, was moderated by Pana Janviroj, Executive Director of...