health

  • Official Covid-19 Death Toll Undercounting by Millions, WHO Says

    Official Covid-19 Death Toll Undercounting by Millions, WHO Says

    According to a new estimate released by the World Health Organisation, at least 3 million people worldwide likely lost their lives to the covid-19 pandemic in 2020. The figures are the latest to suggest that many countries’ official counts have substantially underestimated the toll of the pandemic, which is still raging in much of the…


  • Scientists Want a Serious Investigation Into the Origins of the Coronavirus

    Scientists Want a Serious Investigation Into the Origins of the Coronavirus

    Scientists in several countries are calling for a serious investigation into the beginnings of SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that gave rise to the covid-19 pandemic. In an open letter released Thursday, the group says that there are still too many unanswered questions about how the pandemic started and that the so-called “lab-leak” theory remains plausible,…