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Welcome to the Infodemic. We are tracking how disinformation is shaping the global pandemic response. Today — from vaccine news that didn’t make the headlines to increasing levels of Covid-19 chaos in Iran — here are this week’s narratives, which
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Science vs. Skepticism, Fear and Financial Speculation In the history of public health, drinking water and vaccines are recognized as two great contributions toward for disease prevention for humanity. Without a doubt, vaccination considerably reduces morbidity, disability, mortality and inequality
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China’s growing clout in 5G telecommunications and other digital technologies, much of it achieved through unfair competition, presents many risks to democracies, including espionage and the spread of disinformation. But the penetration of Western markets by companies that are instruments
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An infodemic of misinformation and disinformation has emerged around COVID-19. This ranges from false cures to conspiracy theories about the virus itself. The World Health Organization has released tips to help sort fact from fiction. Always check sources and be
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By Reuters Staff 10 Min Read A video falsely claiming that COVID-19 was planned to remove U.S. President Donald Trump from office has been circulating online. Reuters Fact Check. REUTERS The five-minute clip was posted to Facebook on Nov. 11
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Long-term exposure to air pollution has been linked to a heightened risk of death due to the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19). Now, new research has estimated the proportion of COVID-19 deaths worldwide that could be attributed to air pollution. Published late October
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On Monday, Pfizer and BioNTech announced in a press release that their vaccine candidate was more than 90 percent effective at preventing Covid-19 infection, based on initial results from their ongoing phase 3 clinical trial. The company expects to have
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Q. Looking back at where Volkswagen was in 2018 when we last spoke, how has the culture changed since then? What is ’Dieselgate’? In March 2017, Volkswagen pleaded guilty to criminal charges that it deceived U.S. regulatory agencies by installing
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The third such study in recent days to make this suggestion, a new paper published by researchers from Guy’s and St. Thomas’ National Health Service Foundation Trust in London has determined that the antibodies developed after infection with the Wuhan
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I am happy to have presented to the reading public the good news about the TSCA process proceeding along keeping the EPA’s toes to the fire. FAN: “A major reason we brought this lawsuit was because the EPA is glacially
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