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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

One Step Forward Ten Steps Back

In Its Race to Fight Covid19, Is India Forgetting Its TB Problem?

...significantly to immediate threats, like Covid19, as compared to long-term ones, like the continuous threat of TB. As compared to Covid19, TB, an infectious bacterial disease that mainly affects the...

By Anubhuti Matta

Government Report Shows Only 57% Of Covid19 Deaths In India Were Patients With Comorbidities

...cases of Covid19. Related on The Swaddle: What Are Covid19 ‘Immunity Passports’ and Will They Work? As the pandemic is expanding, analyzing Covid19-related data at regular intervals aids our understanding...

By Devrupa Rakshit

Bringing Order To Corona-Chaos

Study of Covid19 Patients Identifies ‘Most Likely Order’ of Symptoms

...Southern Hemisphere. They found that while influenza starts with cough, Covid19 and other coronavirus-related infections start with fever. But what sets Covid19 apart from the other coronavirus-related infections is “The...

By Devrupa Rakshit

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Twitter Discontinuing its Covid19 Misinformation Policy Distorts Free Speech

...choose to stay home because of Covid19. Further, in a 2020 Tesla earnings call, Musk termed government restrictions on people’s movements due to Covid19 “fascist.” Unsurprisingly, Musk also publicly claimed...

By Amlan Sarkar

Dining Out Is A High Risk Factor For Covid19, U.S. CDC Finds

...spaces with poor air circulation and minimal social distancing — both primary reasons behind the spread of Covid19. The CDC analysis investigating the likelihood of Covid19 spread in these spaces...

Protecting The Vulnerable

Chhattisgarh Govt to Fund Education of Children Who Lost Parents to Covid19

The Chhattisgarh government, along with other states, announced it will bear the education expenses of children who have either lost their parents or sole breadwinner in the family to Covid19....

Medical Experts Say Plasma Therapy Is ‘Unnecessary’ for Covid19, Urge Govt To Review Guidelines

A group of scientists, public health professionals, and experts appealed to the Indian government on Sunday to clear the air around plasma therapy as a treatment for Covid19 — noting...

By Saumya Kalia

Testing 1... 2... 3...

20% of Indians Have Been Exposed to Covid19, Nationwide Sero‑Survey Suggests

...compared to the general population; roughly one in every four doctors/nurses have Covid19 antibodies. Simultaneously, another sero-survey conducted in Delhi between January 11 and 21 detected Covid19 antibodies in more...

By Devrupa Rakshit

Health Rights Are Human Rights

SC: Affordable Covid19 Treatment Is a Fundamental Right

...from Covid19, many times financially and economically he is finished,” the three-judge bench noted. Reports are emerging of insurance companies denying Covid19 survivors’ claims, leaving patients with few affordable avenues...

By Devrupa Rakshit

Treating Covid19 With Plasma Therapy Unhelpful in Most Cases: ICMR

...in Covid19 patients. “Despite all this evidence, inappropriate use of convalescent plasma is taking place, and we thought the right way to address this issue was through this advisory,” Dr....

Where Are The Women?

Women Experts Are Left Marginalized, Unquoted by Media in Covid19 Reporting

Women are missing from Covid19 news reporting, perspectives and decisions, a new report commissioned by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation found. Women experts were largely “drowned out” by men...

The Doctor Must See You Now

How Doctors Are the Unwitting, Frustrated Soldiers in the War Against Covid19

Frontline healthcare professionals have been applauded — with hands, with utensils, with candles — for their grit, determination, and steadfastness during the Covid19 pandemic. These heroes, as media headlines and...

Covid19 Reinfection: Myth or Not? Well, It’s Complicated.

...of the first possible reinfection he came across in May — a patient who had tested positive for Covid19 and was isolated and treated. A Covid19 test 17 days after...

Lives Vs. Livelihoods

What Are Covid19 ‘Immunity Passports’ and Will They Work?

...Covid19 — so that they can fight off the novel coronavirus if they are re-exposed to, or re-infected by, it. Related on The Swaddle: Study: Covid19 Most Contagious Before Symptoms...

By Devrupa Rakshit

Genes For the Win

People Sensitive to Bitter Taste May Be Slightly More Immune to Covid19, Research Suggests

A new study links people who experience bitter tastes more intensely with a higher immunity against Covid19 — because of a common gene. The peer-reviewed study, published last month in JAMA,...

By Rohitha Naraharisetty

Legal Recognition

Indian Domestic Workers Need Better Labor Laws as Discrimination Worsens During Covid19: ILO Report

...must still try to distance as much as possible; employers should mandatorily disclose health status, particularly Covid19 positive cases, within the household; offer paid leave if workers have Covid19 like...

By Saumya Kalia

Covid19 Is the First Global Tragedy in a Post‑Truth Age. Can We Preserve an Authentic Record of What Happened?

...second wave of the global influenza pandemic in India. Same city, a different name, a century later. “Covid19 Resources: Mumbai,” curated as an Instagram Read, had a slide urging people...

By Saumya Kalia

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