Covid-19: Debunking the latest wave of medical misinformation
A round-up of the latest false and misleading posts about Covid-19 going viral on social media Source link
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Ebola Survivor May Have Started Latest Outbreak — 5 Years Later
A new, preliminary genetic analysis suggests that the current Ebola outbreak in Guinea may have originated with a survivor of the 2014-2016 West African Ebola outbreak, rather than from an animal-to-human transmission. According to the pre-print report, the outbreak likely started with the survivor infecting a sexual partner with the deadly virus through semen — … Read more
Covid-19 vaccine latest: China drug maker offers experimental vaccines to students
A division of Chinese state-run Sinopharm Group Co Ltd, which is developing two Covid-19 vaccines, is offering them for free to Chinese students going abroad for higher studies, as per a report. The announcement of the company distributing vaccines to students appeared on a website where people could sign up to receive it, the Wall … Read more
Coronavirus trend: What is the latest Covid-19 situation in India?
India has reported more recovery than fresh cases of Covid-19 in the past three weeks. This is the first sustained decline in the number of active Covid-19 cases in India. September 17, according to data on Covid19india.org, is the turnaround date. India has seen only five days of increase in Covid-19 cases since then (as … Read more
Fake oximeter apps latest in Covid cyber con – ET HealthWorld
MANGALURU: Cybercriminals have been busy during the pandemic, exploiting the fear and worry among people with Covid-themed malicious apps, phishing campaigns, malware and more. The latest trick in the book is a fake app that claims to detect the blood oxygen level. Some of these claim to read oxygen levels with the phone light and … Read more