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The Indian government seeks to establish a system to weed out disinformation. But it seems targeted at only posts that knock those in power.
NEWS DECODER -- Can a government fact check be fair?
BY SHEFALI MALHOTRA (FGJ '23) -- An Indian court has overturned the Modi government’s plan to setup a fact-check unit, finding it in breach of the freedoms of speech, business or profession and equality. READ MORE.
A Lancet commission on India’s healthcare system has sparked controversy after one of its members stepped down, claiming that a forthcoming
THE BMJ -- India: Former health secretary quits Lancet commission on healthcare reform, citing “corporatisation”
BY SHEFALI MALHOTRA (FGJ '23) -- A Lancet commission on India’s healthcare system has sparked controversy after one of its members stepped down, claiming that a forthcoming report supports privatisation of the country’s primary health sector. READ MORE.
NEWS DECODER -- Scientists and social activists work to fight AIDS together
BY ALFONSO SILVA-SANTISTEBAN (FGJ '23) -- A test of a new drug designed to prevent the human immunodeficiency virus or HIV, showed that it prevented the virus that causes AIDS in all the participants in the trial. Of the 2,300 women in Uganda and South Africa who received lenacapavir, a drug developed by Gilead Sciences, Inc., none acquired HIV during the follow-up period. READ MORE.
NEWS DECODER -- Police pushback against protesters in Peru
BY ALFONSO SILVA-SANTISTEBAN (FGJ '23) -- One day in January 2023, Azucena Trujillo was handing out breakfast to protesters staying at the University of San Marcos, the largest in Peru. She saw a police tank-like vehicle cross through the entrance to campus. Behind it, dozens of police followed. Trujillo, an 18-year-old sociology student born in Andahuaylas, ran with some colleagues. READ MORE.
Medical isotopes produced by cyclotrons are injected into patients for positron emission tomography, or PET imaging. PET images are used to
WINNIPEG FREE PRESS -- Shared Health responsible for sorry state of PET scans
BY SANDOR DEMETER (FGJ '23) -- Medical isotopes produced by cyclotrons are injected into patients for positron emission tomography, or PET imaging. PET images are used to diagnose cancer, demonstrate how far the cancer has spread (which stage it is), assess how well patients respond to therapy, and to reveal if their cancer has come back later. READ MORE.
INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM BUREAU -- Toxic lead showing up in Ontario school and daycare drinking water as evidence of serious health dangers grows
BY NORMA HILTON (FGJ '23) -- In the past four years, nearly half the province’s public schools have had at least one test for toxic lead in drinking water exceed the federal safety guideline, an analysis by the Investigative Journalism Bureau has found. READ MORE.
WINNIPEG FREE PRESS -- A prescription you can’t fill at a pharmacy
BY SANDOR DEMETER (FGJ '23) -- Manitoba is part of an international movement that’s writing prescriptions for seniors that can’t be filled at a pharmacy. These are “social prescriptions” that connect seniors with community services, such as exercise and art classes. READ MORE.
NEWS DECODER -- Your souvenir as a medical tourist? A new kidney.
BY SHEFALI MALHOTRA (FGJ '23) -- Even as a majority of Indians struggle to access quality health care services, patients from around the world flock to India’s hospitals for cutting-edge medical expertise at low cost and negligible waiting time. READ MORE.
