COVID‑19 will have severe impact on most SDGs: Report

Global partnerships will be essential to deal with health and socio-economic crises due to the pandemic, it says

COVID -19: Invisible policy fault lines are more by accident than design

Fractures in public policy always existed. They are now only more blatant than ever before.

India’s COVID-19 vaccine: Study investigators say August 15 deadline unachievable

Indian Council of Medical research suggests a month’s time to complete three phases, global experiments taking months

Some unexpected lessons for living with wildlife post-COVID 

Wildlife can be tamed, killed, caged, eaten, but it can rage a silent war over us like COVID-19

COVID-19: Assam’s biggest hospital shut amid worries of spread in Guwahati

The state’s tally of cases jumped to 59 — including a 16-year-old from Guwahati who tested positive after she died on May 7

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 …

What 241 scientists said in their letter on airborne COVID-19 transmission

Here is the full transcript of the letter to the World Health Organization 

COVID-19: Bihar fails to ramp up testing despite Nitish saying so

Efforts to ramp up testing seem to be losing steam; daily and monthly testing both decline 

Countries can learn from Africa in handling future pandemics: UN report

In 2019, the continent reported 500 outbreaks of zoonotic diseases

Trump starts withdrawing US from WHO

Withdrawal process to take at least a year, will be effective from July 6, 2021

Migration reduces transmission of pathogens between species: UN Report

The migration behaviours of several species is changing because of man-made factors like climate change and habitat loss  

No, WHO hasn’t yet said SARS-CoV-2 is floating in the air

The UN health arm has only acknowledged emerging evidence about the same

No community transmission of COVID-19 in India, health ministry repeats

Silent on deadline for Indian COVID-19 vaccine; says human trials yet to take off  

COVID-19: J&K to go ahead with Amarnath Yatra despite concerns

Govt decision stands out as several pilgrimages across the country have been cancelled

COVID-19: Researchers develop portable, battery-operated ventilator

The device, called AirBridge, works as a bridge for a few hours to a few days before conventional ventilation is provided

Wanted: An urban equivalent of MGNREGA

Such a programme is the need of the hour not only as a measure to revive the urban economy now, but also to mitigate any further shocks to …

COVID-19 airborne transmission possible in some indoor settings: WHO

Asymptomatic patients can pass on virus, extent unknown

Study predicts 4 outcomes for aquaculture industry amid COVID-19 impact

The relatively young industry suffers curb in exports, layoffs, reduced demand and production because of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) …

Pangolin scale seizures jumped 10 times between 2014 and 2018: UN report

Pangolins have, recently, been vilified because of reports that linked them to the emergence of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that causes …

COVID-19: Bats’ immune system, longevity offer clues for treatment, says study

Bats’ immune systems have mechanisms to control inflammation, a mainstay of disease and ageing

More than 3,000 healthcare workers in 79 countries have died from COVID-19: Report

Health workers work in unsafe conditions and lack adequate safety gear, wages and medical care in addition to reprisals for protests

Lockdown, relax, repeat: How cities across the globe are going back to coronavirus restrictions

While there are increasing examples of a return to some lockdown measures, there are no examples demonstrating the success of a second lockdown&…

‘Let me be blunt’: What’s bothering WHO chief on COVID-19

WHO Director-General expresses concern over rising cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

COVID-19: Developing countries in unprecedented debt situation

Demand for a ‘global debt deal’ picks up

COVID-19, climate change, inequality: Centering rights and environmental protection

Alongside the COVID-19 pandemic, climate-induced disasters and extreme weather have continued to wreak havoc in the Global South, adding to the …