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FILE PHOTO: A health official draws a dose of the AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, at Infectious Diseases Hospital in Colombo

COVID-19: India Has a Habit of Bad Clinical Trials

Ronak Borana 19/06/2021

Bharat Biotech's small paediatric trial is one of many...

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How CMC Vellore Dealt With Shifting Evidence During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Priyanka Pulla 12/02/2021

Priscilla Rupali, who heads CMC Vellore's guideline development team,...

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In South Africa, COVID-19 Pits Traditional Medicine Against Clinical Trial Rules

Sarah Wild 31/12/2020

Scientists, public officials and traditional healers all seem to...

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There’s No Hard Data This Drug Treats COVID-19. Can Doctors Give It Anyway?

Rahul Siddharthan 23/03/2020

The story behind the premature hype of hydroxychloroquine involves...

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What We Really Know About Eating Red Meat – and What We Want to Believe

T.V. Padma 29/10/2019

Reducing dietary risk has always been an important nutritional...

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Fawning Coverage of New Antidepressants Review Masks Key Caveats

Deepak Natarajan 25/02/2018

The review's authors have acknowledged that almost 80% of...

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After Dubious BGR-34 Claim, AYUSH Ministry Pushes Homeopathy for Diabetes

Vasudevan Mukunth 21/01/2017

There is no justification for the Ministry of AYUSH's...