Socials of the pandemic

For generations, and also in the immediate future, the COVID-19 pandemic will be remembered for this: how the world lived up to a global crisis?

The next pandemic? It’s already here for Earth’s wildlife

Species already threatened with extinction are among those which have died due to bird flu in the past three years

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

A political thought for food

Global parliamentarians are forming a multilateral body to reform the agrifood system

How dangerous is Disease X?

A One Health approach which aims at bridging institutional gaps and emphasising mitigation strategies for emerging pathogens should be developed …

COVID-19 surge due to JN.1; 6 deaths reported on December 20

COVID-19 deaths cannot directly be attributed to the new variant, say experts

Simply Put: COVAX funds

COVID-19 pandemic may have led to 14% spike in number of underweight children in Bihar, Odisha: Study

The proportion of underweight children increased from 31 per cent to 45 per cent between June 2017 and July 2021, the study found

India has reported 19 COVID-19 deaths so far in December; 10 of them have been in Kerala

Government and independent experts assure there is no cause for worry

Bharat Biotech’s vaccine, Covaxin not as effective as Serum Institutes of India’s Covishield

Study led by National Centre for Biological Sciences intended to shape future vaccine strategies by offering insights into the immunity acquired …

Mugger crocodiles in Gujarat’s Charotar region have tripled in past decade, count by wildlife non-profit reveals

Increase in the reptiles’ numbers a cause for celebration but also concern, says expert

Tourism industry faced losses worth $2.6 trillion in 2020-2022

While tourism has rebounded, both tourist numbers and export revenues in 2022 remained 34% below 2019 levels

WHO launches ‘CoViNet’ — a global laboratory to monitor emerging coronaviruses

Builds on COVID-19 reference laboratory network established during early days of pandemic to confirm disease

COVID-19 was declared a pandemic 4 years ago: Take a look at the virus’ journey and global response to it

A timeline of the key events related to COVID-19

Bird flu could be eradicated by editing the genes of chickens — our study shows how

Avian flu is caused by an ever-evolving virus that gets around numerous biosecurity measures

ICMR COVID-19 study: ‘Treat finding on 6.5% mortality rate for comorbid patients post-discharge with caution’

Finding should not be confused with long covid-related mortality as researchers did not analyse that, experts tell DTE

India may have seen most COVID-19-related deaths globally — close to 5 million

Official figures show 531,843 deaths; mortality could be 10 times the reported figures, show WHO estimates 

Measles accounted for most excess deaths as a result of COVID-19 related vaccine disruptions

Excess deaths due to vaccine breaks amounted to 967,000 deaths, catch-up shots could avert 79% of them, finds Lancet study

COVID vaccines pillar COVAX to wind down by year-end, left with billions unspent

Vaccine delivery to shift to regular programmes

New Covid strain in circulation, may not be a concern for India

EG.5.1 variant, code-named Eris, has behind almost 15% cases in the UK  

Half of the world’s hungry people live in Asia-Pacific; Southern Asia worst affected: FAO

Higher food, feed, and fuel prices, combined with a slow recovery from COVID-19 pandemic to blame; women fared worse in food insecurity

Two new omicron variants JN.1 and HV.1 under scrutiny in US

EG.5 and HV.1 responsible for over 45% infections according to latest CDC update

COVID-19 update: Over 7,000 new cases, 63 deaths in India from May 22-June 18

More cases of omicron subvariant XBB.1.16 in countries that saw lower prevalence of XBB.1.5 subvariant earlier and vice versa, says WHO 

China shifts focus to variant-specific vaccines as it faces an imminent Omicron wave

XBB subvariant has potential to wreak more havoc in China as large number of people immunologically susceptible