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Video: Months After WHO Suspension, Bharat Biotech Hasn’t Improved Covaxin Quality
The World Health Organisation (WHO) issued a statement on April 2 saying that it had done an on-site inspection of Bharat Biotech’s facility where Covaxin was being manufactured in March. It found several deficiencies on quality control standards, as far as production was concerned. Replying to The Wire’s queries,...
Watch | How Is India Tackling the ‘Twindemics’ of Monkeypox and COVID-19? NIV Head Explains.
New Delhi: On the one hand there is a rise in COVID-19 cases in the country and there is another epidemic – monkeypox – on the other. The Wire spoke about both issues with professor Priya Abraham, the director of one of the apex research institutes of India, the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune. The 54-minute interview was divided into two halves for the two subjects.
Exclusive: Covaxin’s Manufacturing Practices Remain ‘Unacceptable’ Says WHO
The World Health Organisation withheld the supply of Covaxin to all agencies on April 2, 2022, citing deficiencies in good manufacturing practices. The Wire has learnt that though its manufacturer Bharat Biotech has submitted a Corrective and Prevention Action plan to the WHO, the UN agency still finds the process deficient.
How to sensibly and tactfully report on sexual violence and harassment post-Roe
This column originally appeared in Navigator, GroundTruth’s newsletter for early-career journalists. Subscribe here:. Accurate, sensible, and tactful reporting on sexual violence and harassment is more relevant than ever after the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark legislation which protected the right to an abortion in the United States. But an entire generation of journalists that grew up with Roe as the law, are now discovering that they’ll have to adapt to completely new reporting grounds.
What Explains India’s Ongoing COVID Surge?
New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 daily test positivity rate (TPR) breached the 7% mark after a long period of time on August 14. According to the government’s daily bulletin for the day, it stood at 7.52%; a rate above 5% is what the World Health Organisation (WHO) sees as a potential cause of concern.
Data Visualization with Flourish
The ability to visualize data is extremely important for journalists nowadays as more and more stories rely on data, and breaking down that data visually is essential in order to make it more accessible for readers. Before introducing Flourish, Mary Nahorniak mentioned another tool that might be useful if you want to create quick and simple data visualizations – Google’s Data GIF Maker. This is one of the easiest tools to use, has three ready-to-use GIF templates, and only requires you to enter your data to generate the visualization.
The time for more diverse leaders in newsrooms is now
They say, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. But for the constellation of GroundTruth stars who are in Las Vegas for the twin National Association of Black Journalists and National Association of Hispanic Journalists conference, we want them to bring home lessons learned and renewed energy in our commitment to diversity as a strategic priority.
Interview: ‘India Needs To Buy Monkeypox Vaccines To Address Urgent Needs’
Virologist Gagandeep Kang says while the government’s plan to make an indigenous vaccine for monkeypox is good, high-risk groups need to be inoculated urgently. She says that activists and civil society organisations involved in HIV outreach can be used to create awareness among the ‘men who have sex with men’ network.
The GroundTruth Project welcomes new VP of Finance
BOSTON, July 28, 2022 —The GroundTruth Project, home of Report for America and Report for the World, has named Stephanie Schmidt as its new vice president of finance. Schmidt comes to the nonprofit journalism organization from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), where she was the director of financial planning and analysis, and assistant treasurer.
Watch: Who Gave Approval for Third Dose of COVID-19 Vaccines in India? Centre Refuses to Answer
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on TV on December 25, 2021 that India will start the third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine i.e. booster dose from January 10, 2022. Then the omicron variant started circulating more. But in a press conference held on December 24, the top leadership of the COVID-19 management committee had clearly cut off the question of the third dose. So how did the science change within 24 hours? Which scientific institution of India approved the boosters overnight?
Exclusive: Nobody Approved India’s ‘Precautionary’ Doses
Neither the CDSCO nor the national advisory group on immunisation was taken into confidence before Prime Minister Modi announced the rollout of booster doses. In reply to a series of RTI applications by The Wire Science, the PMO and the health ministry refused to divulge details of the government’s decision-making.
A fight for Hope: A Brazilian community refuses to disappear
Editor’s note: The city of Recife, the capital of Brazil’s Pernambuco state, plans to remove 53 houses from a local community to build a bridge in one of the city’s upscale areas. Residents from Esperança (Hope) Village are mobilized to stay and preserve their memories. Photos:...
Preethi Nallu joins Report for the World as its inaugural global director
BOSTON, July 18, 2022 —Preethi Nallu, an award-winning international journalist, documentary film-maker and press freedom advocate, joins Report for the World as its inaugural global director this month. Nallu has lived and worked in 14 countries across the globe over the past two decades. She has reported for various...
Searching Documents with Google Pinpoint
Google Pinpoint is a new tool for journalists that allows you to upload, organize, and analyze large numbers of documents using the power of Google Search, AI, and machine learning. Pinpoint is an extremely powerful tool as it allows you to work through thousands of documents at the same time. Some of the things you can do with it include but are not limited to:
The risks and challenges of covering the Amazon
The murders of the British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian indigenous expert Bruno Pereira during a reporting trip in the Brazilian Amazon have once again exposed the risks for those investigating environmental issues and indigenous communities. Phillips and Pereira were murdered last month in the Javari Valley, close to Brazil’s...
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