4. The Politics of Health

There’s a video out there that claims to show a scientist being silenced by the government. I keep seeing people share it while saying things like “Wh

As the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide approaches 4 million and the pandemic could be with us for months or years, we look at who can access drugs like remdesivir, being developed by pharmaceutical giant Gilead, which has the patent for the drug and is poised to make massive profits. We look at how much drugs like remdesivir will cost, and who can access them, with writer Achal Prabhala, coordinator of the AccessIBSA project, which campaigns for access to medicines in India, Brazil and South Africa.

Here are reasons people fall for conspiracy theories? A viral documentary about coronavirus is the latest one.

Brands are yanking deals and sponsorship is drying up, but some social media stars are still keeping the faith.

Before the pandemic hit, the idea of a universal basic income was fringe policy in much of the developed world. But now that the economy is on life support and Canadians are being paid to stay away from work, the idea is looking more like common sense to many.

The Microsoft co-founder turned philanthropist has been attacked with falsehoods that he created the coronavirus and wants to profit from it.

'We would be able to identify asymptomatic carriers, even before they were conscious of losing their smell,' says Dana Small

Financial system Instex used for first time to send medical support to Iran as it battles severe coronavirus outbreak

In April 2020, Chinese researchers at Weifang Medical University published the first peer-reviewed meta-analysis about medical comorbidities and COVID-19 disease severity. They screened several…

Despite YouTube's efforts to take down misinformation related to coronavirus, a new crop of fake videos is making it through.

Millions of people worldwide are getting infected or re-infected with highly transmissible Omicron subvariants. And yet millions of people in low and middle-income nations are still lacking access to vaccines and tools. World leaders have failed to unite against the virus.

A manifesto urging reliance on “herd immunity” without lockdowns was warmly received by administration officials. But the strategy cannot stem the pandemic, many experts say.

Despite a claim that has gone viral, Pfizer never said that pre-market trials of its COVID-19 vaccine tested for its effect on transmission of the virus.

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya has been promoting the idea that American lockdowns are too aggressive on Fox News and other outlets

January 7, 2021 Introduction: In recent months, there has been a great deal of discussion about herd immunity.  This became a hot topic during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly the notion of…

Democratic candidate’s recent false claim that Covid could have been ‘ethnically targeted’ is not an aberration but fits long pattern

This attempt to discredit a central piece of protective gear used around the globe fails to account for several fundamental scientific principles.

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