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COVID-19’s global toll may be as much as four times higher than official figures

If the findings of a major new study, published in The Lancet, are correct, the COVID death toll accounts for around 20 million people worldwide.

The New Daily

Josh Frydenberg says Omicron is 75 per cent less severe than Delta and other COVID variants. Is that correct?

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says the Omicron variant is 75 per cent less severe than other novel coronavirus variants. Is that correct? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

ABC News

Lancet study on orphanhood in India due to COVID-19 ‘sophisticated trickery’, says Government

The study estimated that 19 lakh children were orphaned between March, 2020 and October, 2021 in India

The Hindu

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No, prestigious medical journal The Lancet did not advocate against vaccine mandates

A tweet retweeted by Nationals senator Matt Canavan and basketballer Andrew Bogut this week implied medical journal The Lancet had come out against vaccine mandates. But that implication isn't correct.

ABC News

COVID shines spotlight on imbalanced approach to death globally - expert panel

The way we die needs a fundamental rethink, according to a group of international experts, who say COVID-19 has shed a harsh spotlight on care for the dying. Death has been “overmedicalized” and millions around the globe are suffering unnecessarily at the end of their lives as a result, with…

Reuters

Antimicrobial resistance now causes more deaths than HIV/AIDS and malaria worldwide – new study

Antimicrobial resistance is spreading rapidly worldwide, and has even been likened to the next pandemic – one that many people may not even be aware is happening. A recent paper, published in Lancet, has revealed that antimicrobial resistant infections caused 1.27 millions deaths and were associated with 4.95 million deaths…

The Conversation

Antibiotic-resistant Superbugs Killed 1.2 MN in 2019

Superbug infections killed 1.2 million people in 2019, according to a study published Thursday, which authors described as the most comprehensive assessment of the impact of antimicrobial resistance to date. The death toll means infections by bacteria resistant to antibiotics are directly responsible for more deaths than HIV/AIDS or malaria.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Antimicrobial resistance now a leading cause of death worldwide, study finds

Lancet analysis highlights need for urgent action to address antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections

The Guardian - UK

TB and the woeful state of health reporting in India

In January 2017, the Indian media reported on an exceptional legal battle playing out before the Delhi High Court regarding a young lady suffering from multi-drug resistant tuberculosis, suing the Indian government for access to a new TB drug called bedaquiline that was supposed to be effective on TB patients resistant to…

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