Gagandeep Kang, ex-officio member of a working group on COVID-19 vaccines at the WHO, talks to DTE on vaccines, their effectiveness and urgent need for data in India
Coronavirus update: India GDP contracted nearly 24% in April-June
Neuropathological changes following COVID-19 similar to Alzheimer‘s: Study
Silent pandemic needs agenda for change
COVID-19 Update: Bihar elections to be the first in pandemic
Nearly 70 million tests have been conducted for COVID-19 so far in India, the MoHFW said September 25
Stockholm+50: Securitisation of pandemics
India’s invocation of National Disaster Management Act to deal with a pandemic was a first and an extreme case of securitisation of COVID-…
Troubled interiors: How COVID-19 second wave has struck deep in heartland India
The second wave saw COVID-19 spread beyond urban centres, infecting rural and tribal populations. DTE examined 16 severely hit districts on how …
Has Dharavi Model made us lose sight of its real problems
COVID-19 pandemic will pass one day. But what about hunger, unemployment, loss of education and stigma
COVID-19 surge: Why has China not attained herd immunity despite high vaccination coverage?
Germany, South Korea, Vietnam are also reporting increase in COVID-19 cases despite extensive vaccination
Lateral thoughts: COVID-19 vaccines and a game of chance
Would you be compensated for adverse reactions to the COVID-19 vaccines?
Lessons from a pandemic: Urgency for climate action
Much like the claimed behaviour of an ostrich burying its head underground in the face of risk, we demonstrate our capacity to ignore risks like …
EG.5.1 Covid variant takes off, India not at risk currently
On August 11, India has 1,505 active Covid-19 cases according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID-19 third wave: The world is still dangerously unprepared
World enters an endless loop of disease outbreaks and remains dangerously unprepared for such crises even in third year of the COVID-19 pandemic
‘Compromise’ on TRIPS waiver is a sellout
Tough new conditions emerge in the compromise deal to ease WTO intellectual property barriers to production of COVID-19 medical tools
Ivermectin for COVID-19: Is India overusing
The medical fraternity is divided on its use amid lack of strong evidence of its success in treating COVID-19
An engineer’s enduring struggle with Long Covid: ‘Various organs of my body were affected at random’
‘Our leaders chose not to prepare us for post-COVID-19 complications and continue to dismiss symptoms as anxiety’
Growing evidence for COVID-19 being seasonal, thrives better in wintertime conditions: WMO
Link emerging between long-term exposure to air pollution and severe COVID-19 infection can be bad for India, WMO study
COVID-19: Half the world unable to provide regular day-to-day primary care
More than a year into the pandemic, countries remain preoccupied with the COVID-19 care compromising on other healthcares
COVID-19 lockdown may have caused more deaths in Rajasthan in 2020 than reported: Study
Stanford University researchers focussed on correlating disruptions in dialysis care with non-COVID-19 deaths during the lockdown
Patients with COVID-19 shouldn’t have to die alone. Here’s how a loved one could be there at the end
Rather than just using a risk-minimisation approach to managing COVID-19, there’s scope for some flexibility and creativity in addressing …
Roti, kapda, makaan... and vaccine: Can it sway elections
With potential COVID-19 vaccines equalling cheap foodgrains’ power as a poll promise, can vaccine sub-nationalism be far behind
Smoke from wildfires may have added over 700 COVID-19 deaths to US toll
More than 19,742 COVID-19 cases are associated with spike in PM 2.5 levels due to wildfires
Bharat Biotech COVID-19 vaccine gets govt panel nod for emergency use: Experts express concern
Recommendation to drug controller for emergency approval to India’s indigenous product against COVID-19
How COVID-19 changed the crime profile of India in 2020
Cases of ‘disobedience’ or violation of COVID-19 norms increased by over 20 times in just a year; without it, overall crime was lower …
Slay those symptoms: How some giloy can help amid COVID-19
Keep a stem of giloy handy while recovering from COVID-19 or any other viral fever