Low testing rates also limit access to effective new antivirals
Simply Put: COVID-19 & the undead
India lost nearly 5 million people to COVID-19, says WHO; that is 10 times the official figure
Obesity, overweightedness scale epidemic levels in Europe: WHO
कोविड-19 से भारत में 47 लाख लोगों की मौत हुई, भारत ने डब्ल्यूएचओ के आंकड़ों को नकारा
भारत सरकार के आधिकारिक आंकड़ों के मुताबिक अब तक देश में …
COVID-19: What we know so far about fresh case surge in South Africa
In April, more than half the samples sequenced in South Africa were reported as BA.4 and BA.5
A new pandemic has struck the world: Food inflation
Food prices are increasing at an unprecedented rate worldwide, triggered by 2 years of COVID-19 pandemic-induced disruption and now the …
COVID-19: India’s erratic CFR makes it difficult to calculate toll over 2 years. Experts suggest alternatives
No agreement on exact number of deaths, even though it is certain that India’s CFR is one of the highest in the world
WHO strongly recommends COVID-19 pill Paxlovid for high-risk populations
Paxlovid may prevent more hospitalisations than its alternatives
Are booster doses for COVID-19 vaccines the new normal?
Making boosters integral to India’s containment strategy can trigger medical, ethical dilemmas
86 European, US children down with severe hepatitis; experts perplexed
Some have cited COVID-19 as a reason; some two years of it, while the rest have blamed the adenovirus
Shanghai reports 3 Covid-19 deaths in latest Covid outbreak, over 22,000 cases
These latest deaths have taken the overall COVID-19-related deaths in Mainland China to 4,641, an official toll much smaller than many other countries
Phonological problems: Why the name of a COVID-19 vaccine matters
The issue of nomenclature and confusion due to sound-alike and name-alike vaccines doesn’t find any mention in Covid-19 vaccination strategy;…
Excess COVID-19 deaths: India’s statement on WHO calculation model ‘inaccurate’, say experts
Global predictive model not used for India, WHO expert says dismissing claims by health ministry
Long COVID affects 1 in 5 people following infection. Vaccination, masks and better indoor air are our best protections
Most studies show a general pattern of higher prevalence of long COVID for people with more severe illness
Fourth wave? COVID-19 cases rising in India as mask mandate lifted, schools reopen
Rise in cases not yet an early sign of a new variant in circulation, say experts
ओमिक्रॉन के बीए.4 और बीए.5 वेरिएंट के ज्यादा गंभीर या संक्रामक होने के अब तक नहीं मिले सबूत: डब्लूएचओ
साथ ही विश्व स्वास्थ्य संगठन ने कोरोनावायरस के नए वेरिए…
Designing infectious disease warnings that work
Most infectious disease warning systems have been set up to fail as they focus on science, not people.
How 2021 offered us a ‘wall of opportunity’ to improve Tamil Nadu’s environmental scene
The Chief Wildlife Warden of Tamil Nadu enumerates what he and his team did to improve environmental affairs in the state in the midst …
WHO begins monitoring two new variants of COVID-19 named BA.4 and BA.5
The move comes in the footsteps of the global health body declaring two more variants in circulation named XE and XD
क्यों पेटेंट के विवादों में फंस गई है मॉडर्ना की वैक्सीन
मॉडर्ना वैक्सीन को लेकर उपजा बौद्धिक संपदा विवाद एक “…
Should we worry about the XE variant? Maybe not yet, but ‘hybrids’ will become more frequent as COVID-19 evolves
XE has a slight transmission advantage over BA.2
COVID-19 has suppressed influenza for now, but it will return with greater severity: Study
COVID-19 appropriate behaviour will delay competition among existing influenza lineages which will eventually expand, compete and once again …
Shanghai COVID-19 update: No relief from lockdown in sight amid record case surge
Economic activities have come to a halt; military deployed to help tackle situation
Convention on Biological Diversity: Draft recommendation to focus on One Health approach, COVID-19
The draft also addressed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health, well-being and biodiversity
