COVID-19 Vaccine Watch: India tops number of COVID-19 vaccine doses arranged from manufacturers
However, in terms of the proportion of the population that can be vaccinated with these doses, Canada leads the charts
Coronavirus mutation is not as scary as it sounds
Most mutations lead to no beneficial change in the protein properties at all. In fact, mutations that change the properties of a protein are more …
Why India should not reopen schools and colleges during COVID-19 pandemic
The Centre and state governments should refrain from doing so in the light of new studies highlighting COVID-19 cases among children
Managing antimicrobial resistance amid COVID-19 is a challenge
Addressing the challenge of excessive use while at the same time assuring sustainable supply of essential antibiotics is key to making health …
COVID-19 vaccines are coming – how will we know they work and are safe?
The results of the Pfizer vaccine trial are highly promising. But the road to eradicating the coronavirus is likely to be long and difficult
Rent-a-farm: Watch how this firm is helping city dwellers grow food
Delhi-based start-up, Edible Routes, is helping people bring closer to their food and instilling a greater sense of well-being
IIT-Guwahati develops self-check kiosk to detect, prevent COVID-19
The kiosk raises an alarm if a person’s temperature and oxygen levels are not correct
Convalescent plasma therapy doesn't really help beat COVID-19: ICMR-backed study
No lowering of mortality in multi-centre trial; disease progression towards severity also not impacted; shortness of breath reduced
Book Digest: Tracking COVID-19 damage to international politics, Indian economy reforms and more
From stories of climate crisis to illegal wildlife trade in China, DTE tracks new, contemporary books on environment and development from leading&…
Coronavirus update: India GDP contracted nearly 24% in April-June
India added 80,092 fresh COVID-19 cases August 30, becoming the first country to cross the 80,000-mark in one single day
New Zealand is on alert as COVID-19 returns. This is what we need to stamp it out again
Rapid contact tracing is going to be key to getting the virus under control. If the country is lucky, many of those infected may not have yet …
COVID-19: Two newborns in Odisha are positive, but their parents are not
Doctors suspect that two newborns in Odisha’s Berhampur could have caught COVID-19 through the air
COVID-19 is cruel to young and aspirational India
More than the pandemic, it’s the sheer abdication of responsibility from those in power that’s destroying the dreams of rural India &…
A national emergency: SC slams Centre on COVID-19 mismanagement
The Supreme Court takes suo motu cognizance of the COVID-19 situation and might take over all related cases from high courts
The global approach to vaccine equity is failing: Additional steps that would help
The fight for vaccine equity needs to stop looking to multilateral institutions for permission and instead focus on the policy tools that are …
Kumbh amid COVID-19: Protocol sinks as over 3 million take a dip
Down To Earth tracked developments from Haridwar as a sea of humanity bathed in the Ganga amid the second surge of COVID-19
The Pandemic Year: How India saw its greatest internal exodus
A five-part series as India marks a year of the dreaded COVID-19 lockdown: We look at how the pandemic brought the issues of internal migrants to …
Global leaders call for international pandemic treaty
The treaty would be rooted in the constitution of the WHO, drawing in other relevant organisations key to this endeavour, in support of the …
COVID-19: Women issues found little space in print media, finds study
Only 4.8% of news stories monitored had anything of significance with regard to women and / or gender issues
Sharing pathogens but not the benefits during pandemics
Western nations and pharma companies have, for long, allegedly appropriated and taken thousands of pathogen specimens and data without permission …
Some legislatures have held governments to account during COVID-19. But not all
In the time of COVID-19, it will be tempting to switch money out of democracy and governance activities and into health budgets. But stronger …
Irish scientists find the reason for blood clots in COVID-19 patients
According to previous research, blood clotting is a major cause of death in COVID-19 patients
Free foodgrain until Diwali: What about migrants, those without ration cards?
Around 100 million Indians are excluded from the public distribution system, according to economists
As COVID-19 pandemic enters 3rd year, what do we know about its origin?
More than 2.8 billion cases and 5.4 million deaths later, the mystery remains unsolved — even as we were warned about it
COVID-19 effect: Healthcare costs push over half billion into extreme poverty
A wide gap in affordable healthcare access, combined with reduced income can exacerbate crisis