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Posted on October 7, 2020

Dust aerosol responsible for snowmelt at higher elevation in western Himalayan Region

While black carbon has a large effect on snow darkening and resultant melting of snow, dust particles transported from as far as Saudi Arabia that gets deposited in the Western Himalayan Region has a large role to play in melting of snow, particularly at higher elevations.

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Posted on September 8, 2020September 8, 2020

Scientists alert Lancet to ‘data inconsistencies’ in the Russian vaccine trial paper

A group of 16 scientists has written an open letter to Dr Richard Horton, editor of The Lancet and authors of the Russia’s Sputnik V novel coronavirus vaccine trial paper,…

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Posted on May 24, 2020

Remdesivir trial results: NEJM, NIAID and Gilead provide conflicting information

Information shared by the three stakeholders — NEJM, NIAID and Gilead — on critical issues about whether the drug’s ability to reduce mortality is statistically significant and which category of…

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Posted on May 1, 2020May 2, 2020

Wait for trial results before using BCG vaccine for COVID-19, Tedros writes

Tedros and others caution that using BCG vaccine on health-care workers for COVID-19 should be only after safety and efficacy are tested through randomised controlled trials. BCG vaccine, which ramps…

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Posted on April 25, 2020April 25, 2020

Coronavirus testing in India needs to be expanded exponentially, strategically, Lancet says

While acknowledging that India was “quick to close its international borders and enforce an immediate lockdown”, the editorial published in The Lancet today (April 25) says that the lockdown is…

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Posted on February 28, 2020February 28, 2020

Lancet retracts letter on plight of nurses treating COVID-19 patients

The Lancet Global Health retracts a letter about the plight of nurses treating COVID-19 patients in Wuhan published on February 26. Can editors of peer-reviewed journals take a moral high-ground…

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Posted on February 4, 2020February 4, 2020

NEJM study claiming novel coronavirus can be transmitted during incubation period flawed

Contrary to claims made in NEJM, the Chinese woman did not transmit the novel coronavirus to the German during the incubation period. She had symptoms during her stay in Germany…

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Posted on January 2, 2020January 2, 2020

NEJM retracts Chandigarh doctors’ image for plagiarism, case concoction

Indian doctors at the Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh have their ‘Image in Clinical Medicine’ photo published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) retracted. It is not…

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