A unique initiative titled Consumer-Farmer Compact in the state is ensuring food availability and access in COVID-19 times
Air pollution linked to 15% global COVID-19 deaths: Study
Who should or shouldn’t take the COVID-19 vaccine
How Peru became the country with the highest COVID-19 death rate in the world
Learning lessons from across Europe – the hidden costs of COVID-19 on lung cancer
The World Economic Forum, in partnership with the Lung Ambition Alliance, established a taskforce to learn from the impact of COVID-19 on lung …
Cipla set to launch repurposed drug Favipiravir for COVID-19: CSIR
An off-patent anti-viral, Favipiravir was originally discovered by Fujifilm group, Japan and has shown promise in treatment of COVID-19
Ivermectin for COVID-19: Mismatch between global and Indian policies
Union health ministry guidelines say the drug "may be" used for COVID-19 patients even as global agencies don't recommend
SARS-CoV-2 changes classic feature of virus becoming endemic: Shahid Jameel
Shahid Jameel, former head of the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium, speaks to DTE about how a virus mutates, the trajectory of COVID-19,…
COVID-19 update: India overtakes Brazil as 2nd worst-hit country
A few government and private hospitals will again be converted into fully COVID-19 facilities, said Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal
CSIR-CMERI transfers COVID related technologies for commercial production
Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur, transferred technologies related to COVID-19 to three private-sector enterprises.
COVID-19: Can cotton wear allow better vitamin D synthesis
Vitamin D deficiency makes people more susceptible to COVID-19; countries with high levels of vitamin D deficiency reported higher mortality …
Punjab bats for direct seeding of rice. But will it help farmers?
Lack of migrant labourers in the wake of COVID-19-fuelled reverse migration has prompted state government to abandon traditional transplantation …
COVID-19 and medicine’s misguided romance with machines
The history of a controversial syndrome linked to COVID-19 shows the risk of letting technology dictate treatment
COVID-19: Did SARS-CoV-2 originate in raccoon dogs from Wuhan wet market? New data gives links
Meanwhile, Israel reports new COVID-19 variant — a combination of BA.1 and BA.2 subvariants of Omicron
UNCTAD awards investment panels of Costa Rica, Korea, the Netherlands for boosting healthcare
The investment promotion agencies were recognised for promoting new investment in health infrastructure, helping manufacture medical devices, …
What we know so far about COVID-19 vaccine: A comprehensive guide by academic experts
With so much at stake, it’s not surprising that COVID-19 vaccines have become a public and political obsession. The good news is that …
Towards sustainable marine fisheries value chain: Reflections amid COVID-19 crisis
A behavioural nudge to promote sustainable fisheries, community mobilisation can go a long way for the sector in post-COVID-19 era and beyond
Book Digest: Tracking Trump’s history on climate change, global refugee crisis and more
Futuristic society after COVID-19 to post-pandemic economy, DTE tracks new, contemporary books on environment and development from leading authors
Book Digest: Mapping the COVID-19 story, human behaviour driving infections and more
From accounts of previous epidemics that should have prepared us for COVID-19 to history of poverty in the US, DTE tracks contemporary books on …
COVID-19 adverse impacts stronger in people with diabetes: Study
Individuals with type 1, type 2 diabetes and COVID-19 3 times more likely to have a severe illness or require hospitalisation compared to those …
COVID-19: A global survey shows worrying signs of vaccine hesitancy
Only 46.3% of Nigerians said they would accept a COVID-19 vaccine. This was slightly higher than the results found in Spain, Sweden, …
Book Digest: Calls to action against climate change, air pollution and more
Role of technology to fight off COVID-19 pandemic to inevitability of climate crisis, DTE tracks new, contemporary books on environment and …
New report underscores the need for COVID-19 therapeutics
There is a pronounced need for treatments at all stages of COVID-19, a new report has said
COVID-19: Beware of ‘Mexican variant’
Down To Earth speaks to Saumitra Das, director of the National Institute of Biomedical Genomics in West Bengal about the possible role of a …
Lateral Thoughts: Waiting for bad news
Adverse reactions are part and parcel of vaccination. We can know about safety of COVID-19 vaccines being used in India only after people receive …