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Absolutely False

Debunking the Myths About Covid19

...your breath for 10 seconds, you don’t have Covid19. Covid19 is often asymptomatic. While it’s a respiratory infection that can make breathing difficult, Covid19 often manifests without symptoms, meaning you...

By The Swaddle Team

Death Within 3 Months of Testing Covid19 Positive Will Count as Covid Fatality: SC

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that deaths of people who died within three months of testing positive for Covid19 will be classified as Covid19 deaths. This will increase the...

By Rohitha Naraharisetty

Remdesivir, Plasma Therapy Are Not The Best Treatments for Covid19. So Why Are Indians Desperate To Procure Them?

...bed shortage. Yet, the drug is a secondary Covid19 therapy, best used for individuals living with mild-to-moderate Covid19. Convalescent plasma, another popular therapy, has also been disproved as an effective...

That Does Not Match

Why Are State Governments Using Ivermectin, an Antiparasitic Drug, To Prevent Covid19?

...the race to find a preventive treatment for Covid19 — both without adequate evidence to back their efficacy. While the discourse around HCQ has largely debunked its use in Covid19...

Scanning for Evidence

Even Mild Covid19 Can Change the Brain, Finds New Study

...case study of the long-term health impact of Covid19. The present study also includes a group underrepresented in most Covid19 studies about the brain: those with mild Covid19. The researchers...

By Saumya Kalia

Post-Covid Problems

1 in 5 Covid19 Survivors Are Diagnosed With Mental Disorders Within 90 Days of Testing Positive, Finds a Study

Survivors of Covid19 are at a greater risk of being diagnosed with mental health disorders, one study has found. The results showed that nearly one in five Covid19 survivors received...

By Devrupa Rakshit

it's all connected

Ecosystem Restoration Is Vital To Fighting Covid19, New Study Argues

...Covid19 pandemic has seen 600 million confirmed infections and has claimed more than 6 million lives. Given an inequitable vaccine cover and constant mutations, Covid19 continues to infect and reinfect...

By Amlan Sarkar

To Have Or Not To Have

Unresponsive Helplines, Limited Testing Are Leaving People Suspicious of Their Covid19 Status

Utsav Sarkar, 26, from Mumbai, was 100% sure he needed a Covid19 test. A day after he had interacted with two of his brother’s guests at home — one from...

Defence of The Clones

New Clinical Trial Will Use Artificial Antibodies to Treat Covid19 Lung Inflammation

Recently, doctors in China saw positive results when they treated severely ill Covid19 patients with a single dose of antibodies drawn from the blood of Covid19 survivors; the U.S. began...

By Devrupa Rakshit

Fair And Equitable

When We Finally Have a Covid19 Vaccine, Who Should Get it First? Experts Disagree.

The world is currently racing to develop a safe, effective, and accessible Covid19 vaccine. While these efforts tout new achievements every day and take us closer to a way out...

Missing Numbers

Data Gaps on Sex Differences in Covid19 Infections Could Hamper Treatment, Vaccination, Report Says

...rates. In fact, according to the new report, the sex of roughly four in 10 Covid19 cases and three in 10 Covid19 deaths are unknown globally, according to the report....

By Devrupa Rakshit

Good Old Advice

Healthy Gums May Limit Risk of Severe Covid19 Infection, Research Suggests

...periodontitis, a bacterial infection, exacerbate Covid19, a viral infection? Cai’s colleague breaks it down as follows: “What we suspect is happening is that upon Covid19 infection, periodontal patients start the...

By Devrupa Rakshit

Children in the Pandemic

Mumbai Records One of the Biggest Clusters of Children With Covid19

...tested positive for Covid19. 15 additional children were found to be positive, making the group among the largest clusters of Covid19 positive children in India. The youngest of the group...

By Rohitha Naraharisetty

Medical Malestrom

Covid19 Drug Dexamethasone May Have ‘Little to No Benefit’ For Women, Suggests Research

New research has found that dexamethasone, a steroid widely used as the main treatment for severe Covid19 infections, may work for male patients but have “little to no benefit” for...

By Rohitha Naraharisetty

No End In Sight

Why Some Covid19 Infections Last Weeks, Months, and Others Last Only Days

Covid19 symptoms that last for weeks, or even months, are increasingly reported across the globe — including by prominent sportspersons and other celebrities. Currently referred to as ‘long Covid’ or...

By Devrupa Rakshit

Tell Me More: Talking Social Responsibility and Incarceration During Covid19 With Dr. Kafeel Khan

...healthcare. Covid19 isn’t the reason our healthcare system has collapsed. Covid19 has merely exposed our collapsed healthcare systems. TS: Lots of doctors in Uttar Pradesh speaking up about the Covid19...

Painfully Silent Aftermath

Covid19 Can Cause Hearing Loss, Tinnitus, New Evidence Says

Researchers have found evidence linking Covid19 to hearing loss, tinnitus, and vertigo — backing what medical practitioners and patients recovering from Covid19 have suspected for a while now. Covid19 has...

By Devrupa Rakshit

Ayush-maan Bhava

UN Concerned About the Deadly Consequences of Covid19 Myths

...the Pacific, told The Guardian. The UN is particularly worried about the unproven, and frequently false, Covid19 information circulating on social media. Rumors are everywhere: that 5G networks spread Covid19,...

By Devrupa Rakshit

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