COVID-19 & the ‘Dharavi Model’: Reportage from the ground
Down To Earth hit the ground to see how the densely populated Dharavi was tackling the pandemic. This 3-part series delves into …
COVID-19 lockdown: Nepalese migrant worker dies just metres away from his home
Hom Bahadur Rana Magar, a carpenter, was returning from Chitwan to Dhading on foot
COVID-19: Is second wave less fatal?
The 20-odd countries grappling with a a second spell of increased number of cases amid the pandemic suffered a lower-than-average 2%…
COVID-19: Rural India’s case load has topped since August
The pandemic has also killed more people in rural districts than in urban ones in September
Is there a link between India’s new COVID-19 wave and relaxed containment policies?
In a month since India recorded the lowest stringency score, its active caseload jumped six times
Lateral Thoughts: Healthy ageing was never so attractive
Accessing COVID-19 vaccine is logistically difficult for the old and sick
Meet the pandemic that has survived a decade
India, like most nations, is fighting two pandemics: COVID-19, the casualty numbers of which are ever rising, and swine flu, which never left the …
COVID-19: What fiscal steps are needed to ensure food security
Procurement at the doorstep, direct income support and reaching out to farmers can help in easing farming operations at this crucial time
Will COVID-19 lead to global famine
Around 0.3 million people can starve daily over three months in the absence of the aid, says UN report
COVID-19 lockdown: Why some workers lost patience
The rich now trusts the government most, while the less privileged experience an absence of the same
Coronavirus: the puzzle of why the risk of death is greater for men and for the elderly
For COVID-19, age and sex appear to be strong predictors of who lives and who dies
COVID-19 is an opportunity
It provides a chance to work towards strengthening public health systems and better disaster resilience
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: Let’s not paper over this time
As India restarts the economy, its top agenda should be public infrastructure and health services
Women poorly represented in COVID-19 task force across Africa
Just 19% members across 69 COVID-19 response committees in Africa were women
Vaccine leadership, not chauvinism
We need the world’s drug regulators to come together to scrutinise clinical trial data — not take decisions one after another
COVID-19: How to balance people’s safety and mobility
The major challenge in India post-lockdown is going to be maintaining people’s mobility without compromising safety
Omicron: What we know so far
The recent variant of concern threatens to derail the process of normalisation across the world. Here’s a quick primer
How the COVID-19 pandemic affected North America
One of the biggest factors that resulted in the rapid spread of the infection across the continent of North America was the overconfidence and …
Smokers were never really protected from COVID, despite what early studies claimed
COVID-19 should teach us to hold extraordinary claims — about smoking, vitamin D, zinc, bleach, gargling iodine, or nebulising …
Reinfection will be part of the pandemic for months to come. Each repeat illness raises the risk of long COVID
We would and reduce the burden of long COVID if we increased vaccination coverage and universally adopted Japanese-style regular mask use and …
Corporate social responsibility practices in the times of COVID-19: A study of India’s BFSI sector
Banking, finance and insurance firms must understand the areas in which the society needs action and focus on them
Mass poverty is back in India
After 45 years, the world’s fastest poverty-reducing country adds the maximum poor in a year
Interested in vaccine rollouts across Africa? Here’s a map to guide you
A map that will be updated daily, showing how many people have been vaccinated across the continent
New COVID-19 variant ‘Eris’: How bad is the new EG.5.1 variant?
There is currently no evidence to suggest that Eris is more dangerous or causes more severe disease than previous variants