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In the shadow of COVID, health officials fight panic over Hantavirus outbreakA hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship has sparked public concern. Health officials are working to communicate clearly, drawing lessons fro...- UK far-right figures stoke digital ID fears with unproven claimsPublic debate over the UK’s planned digital ID system has intensified, with critics – including far-right voices – spreading unfounded clai...
- Caroline Kennedy tells Senate not to confirm her first cousin RFK Jr. and reveals dark family secrets; here's what she saidCaroline Kennedy called on the Senate to reject RFK Jr.'s nomination as Trump's health secretary, citing his troubled past and alleged hypo...
- Digital agency that masterminded Poonam Pandey’s controversial cervical cancer awareness campaign, issues apologyThe company also revealed that Pandey had a personal stake in the campaign, as her mother had also battled a devastating cancer diagnosis.
- Right-wing video site Rumble grows, as does its misinformationIts monthly active user base rose to 80 million at the end of December, more than double the year-earlier figure, the company said on Thurs...
- Have you evaded Covid successfully despite exposure? You may have your T-cells to thank for the blessed ‘super immunity’A prior exposure to other seasonal coronavirus can help individuals fight Covid-19.
- New Covid-19 variant is rare hybrid between delta and omicron, experts say. How dangerous is it?The variant uses it to successfully invade cells in the nose and the upper airway.
- Science 2021: We managed to vaccinate but we forgot what a pandemic meansThis year we learned that covid-19 is more than a pandemic: it is also a syndemic . The researcher from the University of Las Palmas de Gra...
- Back on stage, Donald Trump airs conspiracies and flirts with 2024 runTrump described 2024, the year of the next presidential election, as "a year that I look very much forward to" -- drawing loud cheers from ...
- Centre's claim of vaccinating India's adult population by 2021-end a hoax: Mamata BanerjeeBanerjee said considering the gap between doses, the process to vaccinate the entire eligible age group should take six months to a year to...
- Facebook rolls out worldwide campaign for Covid-19 vaccinationFacebook disclosed last week that it has removed over 12 million pieces of content on Facebook and Instagram containing misinformation link...
- India's jumbo-sized vaccine rollout in numbersOver the coming months, India aims to inoculate around a quarter of its population, or 30 crore people. They include healthcare workers, pe...
- Vaccine skepticism hurts East European anti-virus effortsIn countries like the Czech Republic, Serbia, Bosnia, Romania and Bulgaria, vaccine skeptics have included former presidents and even some ...
- Facebook bans celebrity chef Pete Evans for spreading coronavirus conspiracy theoriesThe former chef's page on Instagram with 278,000 followers is still active.
- Debunked COVID-19 myths survive online, despite factsPublic health officials, fact checkers and doctors tried to quash hundreds of rumors in myriad ways. But misinformation around the pandemic...
- Biggest threat to COVID-19 vaccination could be fake news and misinformationNow with hopes hanging on Covid-19 vaccines, the WHO and experts are warning those same phenomena may jeopardise roll-out of immunisation p...
- If GST has failed, revert to old tax system: Uddhav ThackerayAddressing the party's annual Dassehra Rally online with only 50 people present in an auditorium near Shivaji Park, Thackeray said that Mah...
- Google says no to 'dangerous content', bans ads on coronavirus conspiracy theoriesThe tech allows only certain institutions to run ads about the coronavirus pandemic.
- Facebook to warn users who "liked" coronavirus hoaxesFacebook says it will also direct people who engaged with those posts to information about virus myths debunked by the World Health Organiz...
- Coronavirus e-misinformation is spreadingThe virus is taking on a life of its own on the internet, putting American social media firms on the defensive
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