Kerala, COVID-19 management exemplar? Data on additional deaths forces rethink

Kerala government may have suppressed data regarding true number of deaths in 2021 for political reasons, say experts

Myth of coverage: Household burden of COVID-19 treatment was several times higher than government spending

Average insurance claim settled during pandemic months was 3 times that before the pandemic

What impact has air pollution on COVID-19?

The particulate matter in the air seems to increase the spread of the virus

Record ocean warming in 2021, coastal communities should be on alert: Study

This heating will continue until we reach net-zero carbon emissions, say experts

Nearly 60% of global population to be infected with omicron by March: IHME

Daily COVID-19 cases set to hit 5 million by January, despite a major drop in the infection-detection ratio, says IHME

Pig heart transplant: A history of the animal’s contribution to medical sciences

In 1997, two surgeons were jailed when an Indian patient died after a pig organ transplant 

COVID-19 is now in 706 of 733 districts of India

The virus has so far not been detected in 14 districts in Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland, and 10 districts of Telangana

Came in contact with a COVID-19 patient? No need for tests, says ICMR

Medical experts hail ICMR’s move to relax testing guidelines though a large number of asymptomatic contacts stand to be excluded

Climate change: Is UK prepared for increased flood risks? No, says new report

UK has been hit by flash flooding 51 times since 2007  

100 years of insulin use: How it was discovered and where we stand today

Insulin treated its first patient in 1922, before which, those suffering from type I diabetes were rarely expected to live longer than a year or two after detection

Myth of coverage: Private insurance loopholes kept out-of-pocket expenses high for COVID-19 patients

Getting cashless treatment or reimbursement became difficult as COVID-19 cases rose

COVID-19 spreading out from Kolkata to the rest of Bengal: Centre

Five Bengal districts within top ten in India with maximum COVID-19 positivity rate

Deforestation increases frequency of thunderstorms locally in West Africa: Study

Study shows storm frequency has doubled in the region in 30 years

Where should we be looking for the next SARS-like virus? AI offers clues

Machine learning can help shortlist animal hosts that need further monitoring

WHO chief stands uncontested for upcoming director general elections

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is currently backed by 28 of 192 member states 

Pollution bouncing back in middle and lower Indo-Gangetic Plain: CSE

After a decline in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, West Bengal, Bihar and Odisha are seeing a resurgence in pollution

Green action: Four arrested in Bihar for cutting down dozens of trees near major hospital

Trees were being felled and sold to timber traders for many months near Muzaffarpur’s SKMCH hospital, according to reports

Myth of coverage: How state delay, private sector disinterest caused PM-JAY to fail

Almost 90% of COVID-19 hospitalisations under the scheme took place in 4 states

Red Sanders falls back in IUCN’s ‘endangered’ category

The species was classified as ‘near threatened’ in 2018 

Hailstones ‘as big as berries’: Farmers in MP’s Niwari district suffer immense crop losses

Cold weather in Madhya Pradesh due to western disturbances expected to last till January 12

Dementia cases in India to double by 2050, Lancet study shows

Worldwide, the caseload is set to almost triple by 2050