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YouTube adds ‘information panels’ from fact checkers to videos in the US to prevent misinformation

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YouTube adds fact-check ‘information panels’ to search results in the US in an effort to prevent the spread of misinformation amid coronavirus pandemic The panels will contain articles from third-party fact checkers They will show up in video searches to help debunk misinformation Among the topics affected will be COVID-19 related videos YouTube will slowly … Read more

New trial will send drug to COVID-19 patients’ home to see if it can prevent serious complications

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A new global clinical trial is launching to test if a common anti-inflammatory drug colchicine can prevent serious complications caused by the novel coronavirus. The study, which will recruit 6,000 participants from the US, Canada and Europe, will examine colchicine.  Colchicine is most often used to treat gout, a complex form of arthritis that causes … Read more

Aldi and Asda issue ‘no touch’ warnings for products and trolleys to prevent spread of coronavirus

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Asda issues ‘no touch’ warning urging shoppers to only handle items they intend to buy to prevent coronavirus spread – while Aldi customers are told to only pick up trolleys they will use Aldi and Asda are encouraging customers to only touch items they will buy The policy is the latest measure introduced to limit … Read more

Breastfeeding babies ‘helps prevent viral infection’ in the first months after birth

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Babies who are breastfed in infancy carry fewer harmful viruses in their guts than those fed exclusively on bottle milk, a study claims.  Scientists studied the first stools of 20 babies aged up to four days and a separate group of 124 babies aged between one and four months.  Evidence from the faecal matter found … Read more

Coronavirus: Face masks DO NOT prevent infection, WHO says

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Face masks do not stop people from catching coronavirus, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) in light of recent studies suggesting the opposite. The United Nations’ health body was forced to review new evidence from Hong Kong claiming mass-issuing masks may have helped contain the pandemic. But the WHO maintains the public should not … Read more

Boeing 787s to be turned off and on every 51 days to prevent ‘potentially catastrophic failure’

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Boeing’s 787 airliners will soon have to be turned off and on again at least every 51 days to prevent ‘several potentially catastrophic failure scenarios’.  A directive from the US government will force the planes to be shut down regularly to avoid glitches in the on-board computer systems. If left for too long without being … Read more