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.
04 Feb, 2024, 11.09 PM IST
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...
02 Apr, 2023, 11.08 AM IST
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.
01 Apr, 2022, 12.49 PM IST
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.
14 Mar, 2022, 01.22 PM IST
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...
01 Jan, 2022, 01.18 PM IST
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 ...
07 Jun, 2021, 07.08 AM IST
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...
02 Jun, 2021, 07.30 PM IST
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...
09 Feb, 2021, 12.53 PM IST
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...
18 Jan, 2021, 05.55 PM IST
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 ...
17 Jan, 2021, 03.00 PM IST
Facebook bans celebrity chef Pete Evans for spreading coronavirus conspiracy theoriesThe former chef's page on Instagram with 278,000 followers is still active.
24 Dec, 2020, 11.00 AM IST
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...
17 Dec, 2020, 10.11 PM IST
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...
26 Nov, 2020, 09.45 AM IST
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...
26 Oct, 2020, 05.36 PM IST
Google says no to 'dangerous content', bans ads on coronavirus conspiracy theoriesThe tech allows only certain institutions to run ads about the coronavirus pandemic.
18 Jul, 2020, 05.38 PM IST
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...
16 Apr, 2020, 07.26 PM IST
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
31 Jan, 2020, 10.47 AM IST