Claim: Yes, Chinese scientist Tu Youyou did win Nobel prize in 2015 for discovery of antimalarial and has stayed mostly out of the limelight
Fact-check: Yes, Chinese scientist Tu Youyou did win Nobel prize in 2015 for discovery of antimalarial and has stayed mostly out of the limelight
Verdict: it's not surprising that certain claims go viral online, like the one that a cure for a dangerous disease was discovered by an anonymous chinese woman who wasn't even a doctor. what is surprising here is how close to the truth this unlikely story is.
Organisation: Africa Check
Author: Taryn Khourie
Date published: 2023-02-20T00:00:00