Researchers call on social media platforms to archive coronavirus misinformation so they can study effects on public health An letter calls on social media platforms to archive COVID-19 misinformation The data can be used to track how misinformation affects public health It could also be used to issue regular transparency reports The letters asks for data … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
YouTube will add a section for ‘verified’ videos about coronavirus to its homepage in a bid to stop the spread of misinformation The platform will add a row for legitimate videos on its homepage Content will be aggregated from real news sources and heal authorities It hopes that the measure will help stop the proliferation … Read more
Will Smith poses with his family as he says he ‘feels responsible for a lot of the misinformation’ surrounding coronavirus because of his film I Am Legend By Heidi Parker For Dailymail.com Published: 13:43 GMT, 19 March 2020 | Updated: 15:51 GMT, 19 March 2020 Will Smith has joked he feels ‘responsible for a lot … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
By Natalie Rahhal, Acting US Health Editor for DailyMail.com HOW DANGEROUS IS CORONAVIRUS? About 14 percent of people who contract the Covid-19 coronavirus are taken to hospital – with severe symptoms including breathing problems and pneumonia. About 5 per cent need intensive care. But the majority who get the virus suffer nothing more than … Read more