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Modelling for COVID-19: What you need to know

June 6, 2020

What should one look for when reading projection numbers for COVID-19? An insight into the broad framework for modelling infectious diseases, and what makes a...

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Tracking COVID-19: 5 graphs that explain the outbreak in India

June 5, 2020

In India, the growth of coronavirus infections is outpacing the surge in testing – tests have doubled since April, but cases have leaped fourfold. Here are...

First Check

Having had measles before does not protect you from COVID-19

June 4, 2020

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A video in the Tamil language claims that if someone has had measles infection in his lifetime, he will never be infected with the novel coronavirus. The claim...

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Why a lot of Covid-19 infographics are wrong?

May 29, 2020

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There is a lot of data visualisation about COVID-19 which can be misleading. We identified five common mistakes in data visualisation and how one can spot them...

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Insights from the internet: A look at online search trends on cancer during COVID-19

May 29, 2020

COVID-19 has meant disruption for cancer patients who are not only at a higher risk of contracting COVID-19 but also have to keep up with frequent hospital...

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Viral Outbreaks: Past encounters

May 29, 2020

The world has endured multiple viral outbreaks that have cost more human lives than the third iteration of the coronavirus. While COVID-19 is unprecedented, it...

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Tobacco Toll: Death by numbers

May 29, 2020

May 31st is observed as World No Tobacco Day. Here’s looking at the mortality rates and health risks due to the tobacco epidemic in the South-East Asian...

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‘This virus anywhere, is this virus everywhere’

May 18, 2020

There’s a high possibility of more than one vaccine for COVID-19. Yet, the best-case scenario is vaccine deployment by 2021, says Dr. Katherine O’Brien...