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Aug 04 2021
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Facebook bans academics who researched ad transparency and misinformation on Facebook
Facebook has banned the personal accounts of academics who researched ad transparency and the spread of misinformation on the social network. Facebook says the group violated its term of service by scraping user data without permission. But the academics say they are being silenced for exposing problems on Facebook’s platform.
The researchers were part of NYU Ad Observatory, a project
The VergeDec 20 2021
Analysis
Who could be most affected by US abortion changes?
Abortion services for millions of American women could be restricted, as the US Supreme Court considers whether to allow some states to ban the procedure in earlier stages of pregnancy.
At the moment, in the US, abortion can take place about 24 weeks into pregnancy, but this could be reduced significantly due to legal challenges by some states.
So if the law changes, what might
BBC Fact CheckOct 01 2020
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An experimental antibody treatment reduced viral load in some COVID-19 patients. That may also be a positive sign for vaccines
Promising new clinical data for an experimental COVID-19 treatment hints at a secondary but possibly more important takeaway for investors: if this neutralizing antibody treatment works in coronavirus patients, so will the vaccines that are in development.
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. REGN, +1.49% on Tuesday shared preliminary data from a Phase 1/2/3 clinical trial for REGN-COV2,
MarketWatchJan 12 2022
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Is murder upswing starting to abate? Some US cities see declines.
Despite a second straight year of rising homicides in 2021, last year’s violent crime data show some reasons for hope.
First, even though the homicide rate rose again, it slowed down. During the first three quarters of 2020, there was a 30% year-on increase in the homicide rate, according to research from the Council on Criminal Justice. In the same period last year, it rose only 4%.
Christian Science MonitorMar 26 2021
Fact Check
Fact-checking Biden's first news conference as president
President Joe Biden held the first formal news conference of his presidency on Thursday, taking questions in the East Room of the White House on immigration, foreign policy, the Senate filibuster, his political future and other subjects.
Here is a fact check of some of the claims he made.
CNN holds elected officials and candidates accountable by pointing out what's true and what'
CNN (Online News)Jan 11 2022
Analysis
Imagine another American Civil War, but this time in every state
Not long ago, the idea of another American Civil War seemed outlandish.
These days, the notion has not only gone mainstream, it seems to suddenly be everywhere.
Business Insider published a poll in October 2020 saying a majority of Americans believed the U.S. was already in the midst of a "cold" civil war. Then last fall, the University of Virginia Center for Politics released a
NPR (Online News)May 04 2022
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Study Links Increase in Emergency Heart Events With COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout
A new study found a correlation between an increase in emergency cardiovascular events among people under 40 years of age and the early months of Israel’s COVID-19 vaccine program.
Published in the Nature journal, researchers utilized data from the Israel National Emergency Medical Services between 2019 and 2021 that evaluated emergency, or EMS, calls among 16- to 39-year-olds across
The Epoch TimesSep 30 2021
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U.S. Covid Recovery Spreads as Prospects Improve in 47 States
The U.S. recovery from the latest Covid-19 wave is taking hold across the country, with cases dropping or poised to start falling in the vast majority of states.
In 47 states plus the nation’s capital, a measure of average new infections from one newly infected person is below the key level of 1, signaling that cases are expected to decline, according to covidestim, a modeling project
BloombergJul 05 2021
Fact Check
Flawed Paper on COVID-19 Vaccines, Deaths Spreads Widely Before Retraction
The COVID-19 vaccines have been shown in trials and real-world application to be safe and effective. But a paper shared widely online claimed that vaccines cause two deaths for every three lives saved. Experts say the analysis misinterpreted data and was flawed — and it has now been retracted by the journal that published it.
Unverified reports of adverse events that occur following
FactCheck.orgDec 14 2021
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Biden official warns: COVID explosion imminent
New data from South Africa and Europe hint that Omicron cases are poised to explode in the U.S., where the vast majority of the population isn't well protected against infection.
Driving the news: A new analysis by South Africa's largest private insurer paints a picture of Omicron's clinical risk: Two doses of Pfizer's vaccine appear to be significantly less effective against severe
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