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- Useful links to keep an eye on include the Department of Health website and the 'Full Fact' charity for reviews of Coronavirus news/media/story accuracy .For a list of personal support videos and apps go to the BBC here or to our page here.
Evidence from across the world:
Evidence from across the world:
- LitCovid: a curated literature hub for tracking up-to-date scientific information about Covid, providing a central access to relevant articles in PubMed; updated daily, and claims to be the most comprehensive resource on the subject
- World Health Organisation – global research on coronavirus disease: a comprehensive database from WHO of relevant scholarly publications
- BMJ – Coronavirus latest news and resources: guidance, analysis, commentary, infographics, as well as evidence collated by the BMJ (British Medical Journal); geared largely for clinicians, but useful for a broader public as a well-informed compilation
- NEJM – Coronavirus (Covid): similar to the resources collated by BMJ, but in this instance from the NEJM (New England Journal of Medicine)
UK Evidence:
UK Evidence:
- Finding the evidence: coronavirus: a wide-ranging compendium of sources, scholarly and otherwise, for different audiences and sectors, compiled jointly by Public Health England and NHS Library and Knowledge Services
Fact-checking / myth-busting:
Fact-checking / myth-busting:
- Coronavirus Fact-Checking Alliance: an initiative from the Poynter Institute, which includes a global fact-check database that is fully searchable by country, nature of the disinformation and organisation; the Alliance also funds a programme of small grants for fact-checkers
- World Health Organisation: Covid myth-busting page; WHO also provides a range of useful and nicely illustrated practical advice
- Full Fact – facts on Coronavirus: dedicated Covid pages, from the UK’s leading fact-checking organisation
- NewsGuard – COVID-19 Misinformation Resources: real-time reporting on Covid misinformation, with a variety of resources including bulletins, misinformation tracking and reports
- Infotagion: a fact-checking service geared specifically to Covid, drawing from WHO and other official sources
Reviewed and revised September 2024
Reviewed and revised September 2024
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