Fact Check: Human metapneumovirus in China is not ‘new,’ no state of emergency declared
A recent increase in cases of the human metapneumovirus (hMPV) in China has been misrepresented on social media as evidence ...
The World in 2030: Likely scenarios and policy implications for India
The policy implications are that India would have to maintain a strong link to a re-industrialising US but find a way to use ...
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Why were Africa’s violence levels up in 2024?
Increasing levels of extreme poverty in Africa were turbocharged by COVID-19, fuelling the fire of relative deprivation.
What you need to know about HMPV
Reports that cases of a flu-like virus called HMPV are rising in China have sparked concern, but experts have dismissed fears that the situation is comparable to the beginnings of COVID-19 five years ...
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Winter illnesses return with a vengeance
The annual winter respiratory virus season is in full force. The number of people catching the flu is skyrocketing, while ...
The truth about HMPV panic, according to experts — and how it really compares to COVID
News of a respiratory virus spreading in China and footage of crowded hospitals has predictably led to panic among the people ...
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Social media fueling fears of human metapneumovirus (HMPV)
Fears of a "second" COVID-19 are being spread on social media with claims a "mystery" virus in China. Health Officials in ...
Winter surge of hMPV in China and elsewhere not unusual, WHO says
Rising cases of common respiratory illnesses in China and elsewhere around the Northern Hemisphere are within the range ...
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China: Documentary filmmaker Chen Pinlin sentenced to three and a half years for covering historic protests against censorship
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is appalled by the three-and-a-half-year prison sentence handed to Chinese documentary ...
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Knowledge of COVID-19 and the psychological status of parents: a retrospective survey in Wuhan, Hubei
Objective During the COVID-19 pandemic, many parents faced heightened stress, anxiety and depression due to the local and global COVID-19 mitigation measures and lockdowns. Design This is a ...
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Posts falsely claim mystery disease outbreak, state of emergency in China
China has not declared a state of emergency. PolitiFact checked multiple Chinese and U.S. government websites and found no public health emergency announcements. One of the respiratory viruses social ...
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Five Years After COVID-19's Arrival in U.S., Doctors Reflect and Look Ahead
MARKS FIVE YEARS SINCE COVID-19 WAS FIRST DETECTED IN THE UNITED STATES, AND THE WAY WE UNDERSTAND AND RESPOND TO IT HAS EVOLVED DRAMATICALLY. WJCL 22 NEWS' LYDIA BLACKSTONE SPOKE WITH DOCTORS TODAY ...