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Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine are used to prevent and treat malaria and have been studied for an ability to prevent and treat COVID‑19. (Wikipedia)
Greer McVay insists she is “not an anti-vaxxer — not at all”. She is up to date with her own immunisations and had her son vaccinated when he was a child. But she fears the development of a vaccine for coronavirus is being dangerously rushed, in part to improve Donald Trump’s prospects ahead of the …
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As the world continues to battle the coronavirus, it is also fighting a different sort of epidemic: misinformation. This “infodemic” is just as harmful as COVID-19 itself, leading people to downplay the severity of the disease and ignore public health advice in favor of unproved treatments or …
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August 13, 2020, 10:00 AM The Microsoft co-founder has steered $350 million toward coronavirus projects and says we’ll turn a corner next year. August 13, 2020, 10:00 AM By Dina Bass and Candy Cheng Bill Gates, the Microsoft Corp. co-founder and billionaire philanthropist, has become, for better …
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Opinion U.S. President Donald Trump isn’t the only one who frequently favours fiction over facts. In Canada, experts warn baseless COVID-19 conspiracy theories — for example, that the virus is being spread to cover up the effects of 5G wireless technology — are creating “a public health crisis.” …
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Think before you click. People who get their news from social-media platforms like Facebook FB, +1.80% and Twitter TWTR, +4.94% are more likely to have misperceptions about COVID-19, according to new study led by researchers at McGill University in Montreal. “Those that consume more traditional …
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Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Last week, a self-branded collection of “America’s Frontline Doctors” held a “White Coat Summit” in front of the US Supreme Court building. In their telling, they came to address a “massive disinformation …
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Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Here are the coronavirus stories Medscape’s editors around the globe think you need to know about today: Docs Fight Back Against Conspiracy Theories Last week, a self-branded collection of …
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Editor’s note: This is an excerpt of Planet Money‘s newsletter. You can sign up here. Graeme Jennings/Getty Images Graeme Jennings/Getty Images Last week, the titans of tech Zoomed into a congressional hearing for a flogging through their computer screens. Members of the House Subcommittee on …
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By Isaac Stanley-Becker, Evelyn Hockstein for The Washington Post QAnon supporters wait for a military flyover at the World War II Memorial during Fourth of July celebrations in Washington. This story was featured in Drop Me The Link, our one-story election newsletter. Sign up to get it in your …
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But he’s also back to promoting blatant falsehoods and conspiracy theories about the virus. In his briefing Tuesday, he … Incorrectly said the country’s coronavirus outbreak was in just a few states and nowhere else. “We’re seeing improvements across the major metro areas and most hot spots. You …
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