UPDATE 1-With U.S. midterms ahead, Musk’s Twitter takeover raises fear of misinformation wave
(Adds Musk's plan for a content moderation council)By Joseph AxOct 28 (Reuters) - With the U.S. midterm elections less than...
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Chris Ogden is a Senior Lecturer in Asian Affairs at the University of St Andrews, where he teaches on the international...
COVID-19 Origins: Investigating a “Complex and Grave Situation” Inside a Wuhan Lab
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With U.S. midterms ahead, Musk’s Twitter takeover raises fear of misinformation wave
By Joseph AxOct 28 (Reuters) - With the U.S. midterm elections less than two weeks away, Elon Musk's $44 billion...
COVID-19 pandemic ‘likely’ originated with Chinese lab leak, Senate Republican report finds
A controversial new Senate report led by North Carolina Republican Sen. Richard Burr was released Thursday. The interim report argues that...
Comparison with historical data shows that beliefs in conspiracy theories are not increasing
Researchers compared historical data to results of current opinion polls and found no evidence that the percentage of people who...
13.9% of Adults Who Test Positive for COVID-19 Experience Long COVID, Study Finds
Researchers found that completion of the primary series of COVID vaccination before acute COVID-19 illness was associated with a lower...
COVID-19 Symptoms Can Rebound Even if You Don’t Take Paxlovid
When the antiviral treatment Paxlovid came into wider use for COVID-19 infections earlier this year, doctors who prescribed it and...
Concern over flu and winter viruses but Covid levels unchanged
Getty ImagesCovid infections remain fairly stable across the UK, but other viruses such as flu, norovirus and RSV are increasing,...