‘The Lancet’ retracted a key study that linked anti-malarial drug HCQ to increased risk of death and irregularity in heart rhythms in coronavirus patients.
Mandeep R. Mehra, who graduated from a medical college in Maharashtra, is now a professor at Harvard, while Sapan S. Desai founded the data analytics firm Surgisphere.
In episode 489 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta discusses the controversial studies that were retracted after scientists around the world raised questions on its data accuracy.
Three of the four authors of the study apologised to The Lancet's editors and readership for any embarrassment or inconvenience their published findings may have caused.
Questions have been raised on the Lancet HCQ study over dataset and methodology. Another journal has issued similar concern over a study that used same data.
More than a hundred scientists have raised questions about the dataset used in the study published by The Lancet, which led to WHO halting all trials of HCQ.
Doctors have identified hypertension or high blood pressure as ‘a key dangerous factor’ that leads to distress and death in patients with the coronavirus.
In an analysis published in The Lancet, two Italian researchers have predicted a doomsday scenario for Italy if coronavirus infections continue at current rate.
The analysis of 10 gene sequences of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) from nine patients in Wuhan found that the virus is most closely related to two bat-derived SARS-like coronaviruses.
The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
The Lancet is not the victim it is now pretending to be. It was all too ready to play into the hands of American pharma companies, which wanted to destroy an upstart supplier like India and its products. I hope that the publishers will decide to shut down this abominable professional journal.
Mistakes and error of judgements are humane and expected. Greatness lies in prompt admission of mistakes and rectifying them.
The Lancet is not the victim it is now pretending to be. It was all too ready to play into the hands of American pharma companies, which wanted to destroy an upstart supplier like India and its products. I hope that the publishers will decide to shut down this abominable professional journal.