The United States has supported a temporary waiver on COVID-19 vaccine patents; but not all is hunky-dory, say experts
COVID-19: States showing surge of cases not doing enough RT-PCR tests: Health ministry
Similipal forest fires put Odisha’s Lodha tribe in jeopardy
COVID-19: Over 500 million Africans may fall below extreme poverty line, warns report
State of India’s Environment 2021: People and planet in peril
COVID-19 may become endemic, or will continue to erupt but in limited ways in certain geographies. But its trails are already disrupting the …
Over 283 mln Africans with comorbidities at higher COVID-19 risk: Lancet
Population in African countries with high HIV / AIDS prevalence are at increased risk of COVID-19, says report
Verifying viral virus truths: Tomatoes, tiranga and TRPs
The media wrongly claimed a correlation between a mysterious alleged new virus that targets tomatoes to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
COVID-19: Lessons from past epidemics, natural disasters
India has a robust legal framework for disaster management, yet there are gaps in response and preparedness to fight COVID-19 outbreak
The struggle to get inclusive education to south Odisha’s tribal children
Already marginalised, COVID-19 has had a huge impact on tribal groups, especially children in Koraput; but civil society is trying its best to …
0.85 million viruses in birds and mammals can infect people: IPBES paper
Land use change is prime trigger for COVID-19 pandemic and responsible for 30 per cent of new diseases since 1960, it adds
Rise in atrocities against forest-dwellers during COVID-19 crisis, flags report
Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs should create a COVID-19 response cell to monitor issues and provide support, it said
Winter surge: What latest IHME COVID-19 update hints at
Three-fourths of the United States is immune to an omicron infection and this figure is set to grow as the COVID-19 wave recedes
COVID-19 has cost sub-Saharan Africa 13.5 million jobs in working hour losses: ILO
Nearly 5 million workers and their families in sub-Saharan Africa have been pushed into extreme poverty due to COVID-19, ILO says
COVID-19: India now has 21 cases of Omicron
Nineteen persons tested positive for the Omicron variant of COVID-19 December 4 and 5
Africa not on track to eliminate malaria by 2030 as envisioned: Report
Disruptions in access to health facilities, supply chain during COVID-19 pandemic impacted management of malaria cases
How do you make a universal flu vaccine? A microbiologist explains
Success of mRNA vaccines for COVID-19 shows promise for their use in achieving the vision of an effective universal influenza vaccine
Making COVID-19 vaccines in Africa: Advances and sustainability issues
Demand, market for locally produced vaccines critical for sustainability of 15 COVID-19 vaccines manufacturing facilities
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
‘Passionate strategy needed to mitigate malnutrition due to lockdown’
Down To Earth talks to experts, William Joe and SV Subramanian, about the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on child malnutrition
Global health spending at record high post COVID-19, but can this be sustained?
India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Pakistan received barely 15% of the development assistance for health for COVID-19
DTE Reportage: India’s dairy industry in trouble
DTE reports as to how climate change, government policies, COVID-19 and other factors brought the dairy sector to its knees
ICMR confirms what 3 years of pandemic showed: Vaccination protects
ICMR study findings suggest post-discharge mortality rate of 6.5% in patients hospitalised for COVID-19
There’s no evidence indicating dominant link between warmer climates and COVID-19 spread: WMO
However, even secondary factors like weather and air quality can significantly impact the number of infections and deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic
Over half of life-threatening bacterial infections are becoming resistant to treatment: WHO
More research is needed to discover why AMR has increased and the extent to which infections are related to hospitalisations and antibiotic …
Unprecedented protests sweep through China as government imposes fresh lockdowns
While China has seen farm and labour protests in the past, this time it is unique because people across communities are uniting against COVID-19 …