Former Senior Correspondent, Down To Earth
कोविड-19 महामारी: वैक्सीन से कमाई कर रही कंपनियां क्यों नहीं बना रही हैं दवा
महामारी को दो साल होने को हैं और इसके इलाज की दवाएं नगण्य…
Centre’s Rs 64,000 cr plan for future pandemics: What does it consist of?
New policy aimed at improving tertiary care, diagnostics and surveillance; it will supplement National Health Mission, says government
COVID-19 reverses decades of progress in TB elimination, India worst-hit: WHO
Detection of cases, diagnostics, treatment go for complete toss; deaths increase for first time
Malaria vaccine: India needs it too, say experts
Countries in Africa registered 94 per cent of all malaria cases and deaths that took place globally in 2019; India saw the largest drop …
COVID-19: First line of defence or last resort?
Life-saving steroids were used indiscriminately during the pandemic’s second wave, but they can have lethal side effects. A DTE series on&…
‘High time India, other LMICs developed policy apparatus for COVID-19 drugs manufacturing and supply’
Expensive drug monoclonal antibodies may create inequity similar to vaccine distribution
COVID-19: Govt contradicts ‘media report’ on genome sequencing but fails to clarify total numbers
On June 6, the government said revised strategy would detect new variants; on September 6, it said the first strategy had served the purpose
COVID-19: Why physicians administered steroids in the second wave
Poor dissemination and discrepancies in Union and state governments’ versions have made doctors lose faith in COVID-19 treatment protocol, …
COVID-19: Steroids have always been a double-edged sword
Administering of steroids is a risk-management exercise requiring close monitoring of patients, which doctors ignored during the pandemic to save …
COVID-19: How steroids were an unnecessary burden during the second wave
Steroids are essential in fighting infectious diseases. Used recklessly, they can cause life-threatening side effects like mucormycosis, as seen&…
COVID-19: Child immunisation pushed back by years in India during 2020
As many as 23 million children across the world did not get routine vaccines, according to WHO-Unicef analysis
COVID-19: Did India read mucormycosis right?
Diabetes, use of industrial oxygen, the Delta variant: Reasons attributed to surge in cases of mucormycosis are many. But doctors have warned …
Only 6 states in India have 45 HCWs per 10,000 population, says Niti SDG index
Some 71.3% households don’t have a single person covered under health insurance or a scheme
Why experts are not happy with India’s COVID-19 vaccine procurement, pricing policy
India only COVID-19 vaccine producer that has shifted burden onto citizens to pay for vaccines by opening private markets for them, experts say
यह हो सकता है भारत में कोविड-19 के बढ़ते मामलों के लिए जिम्मेदार वेरिएंट
नेशनल सेंटर फॉर डिजीज कंट्रोल के मुताबिक, कोरोना मामलों…
Government experts hint variants responsible for COVID-19 case surge in India
India is not going to sequence 5 per cent samples due to high caseload, says National Centre for Disease Control
COVID-19: States showing surge of cases not doing enough RT-PCR tests: Health ministry
6.5 per cent COVID-19 vaccines getting wasted in India; country not to pause Covishield inoculation
Caught in second COVID-19 wave? What signs of surge in new entrants mean
COVID-19 cases are being reported in large numbers from districts that had so far been mildly hit by the pandemic
It’s taken roots: COVID-19 may soon turn endemic in many countries
India may be among endemic places; risk of the number of immune inidividuals dropping below a threshhold will remain
Union Budget 2021-22: How good is the hike in allocation for health?
Sitharaman admits high out-of-pocket-expenditure worrying; claims ‘137%’ hike to health and well-being in budget
COVID-19: Economic Survey credits lockdown for India’s success, silent on nitty-gritties
‘1918 Spanish Flu lessons were guiding factors for India’s lockdown, other pandemic strategies’
Covaxin effective against UK Strain: What does this mean in absence of efficacy data?
Being a whole-virus vaccine doesn’t give Bharat Biotech product any advantage at this stage, say experts
तेलंगाना में कोविड-19 वैक्सीन लगवाने वाले की मृत्यु, सरकार ने कहा टीके से कोई संबंध नहीं
अब तक देश में तीन स्वास्थ्यकर्मियों की मृत्यु हो चुकी ह…
Telangana COVID-19 vaccine recipient dies; govt says no link to immunisation
All three deaths following immunisation in India attributed to heart attack with no disease history
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy worries Centre, appeals beneficiaries to shun it
‘Covaxin recipients being followed-up with phone calls, Covishield’s have to report adverse events on their own’