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Covid-19

Have Brazilians been effectively immunised against vaccine disinformation?

Natália Pasternak, Carlos Orsi -
While health misinformation is rife in Brazil, confidence in vaccines remains extremely high, thanks to decades of public health messaging
Health

Havana Syndrome: a primer for skeptics in an age of alternative facts

Robert Bartholomew, Robert W. Baloh -
Are the symptoms of so-called Havana Syndrome really caused by secret sonic weapons and covert chemical attacks, or does the answer lie in psychology?
Cancer cures

Vernon Coleman: how the Pandemic has brought some unpleasant people new fame

Mark Horne -
Former doctor Vernon Coleman's emergence as a star of the COVID-19 conspiracy movement is little surprise, given his prolific career of misinformation
Alternative Medicine

A rotten apple spoils the barrel: the fad of drinking apple cider vinegar to lose weight

Claire George -
Apple cider vinegar is often promoted for weight loss, yet the studies show there's no miraculous benefit to drinking the acidic juice.
Covid-19

A viral post wrongly claimed omicron had been detected in July – here’s why that’s not true

Trevor Sloughter -
A little familiarity with internet archives and web page source code can help us check viral claims about Covid, and skewer misinformation.
Alternative Medicine

Aaron Rodgers is just the latest in a long line of sports stars touting health nonsense

Brian Eggo -
When Green Bay Packers’ quarterback Aaron Rodgers hit the headlines with his vaccine misinformation, he joined the sporting pseudoscience hall of fame
Covid-19

If a lateral flow test says you have COVID-19 – you almost certainly have COVID-19

Alice Howarth -
There's nothing 'bizarre' about having a positive lateral flow test but a negative PCR - all tests have limitations, so assume any positive result means you have Covid.
Dentistry

Dental surgeries need to reassess Covid safety measures as we recover from the pandemic

Shaun Sellars -
Society has begun to return to some form of normality. But what’s changed in the dental surgery? And how will the profession, and healthcare in general, recover in the future?
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