COVID-19 now 2nd biggest cause of death in India

Lack of preparedness makes for an asphyxiating crisis in just 8 weeks

Simply Put: Freedom to Express COVID-19

COVID-19 Update: Weekend curfew declared in Delhi

Curfew declared over the weekend in Delhi due to rising number of COVID-19 cases

Coronavirus update: Kejriwal says Modi to extend lockdown

Nearly 250 dead in India

COVID-19: Govt’s survey exposes lack of preparedness across India

Lack of PPEs, ventilators and overall hospital preparedness reported as major concerns

Stranded Odisha workers across India send SOS for food

Workers from Odisha are contacting anyone who can help them in a number of states

COVID-19: Food wastage on the rise

Lockdowns have led to hoarding and higher supply chain wastage

COVID-19: We will write to states to resume immunisation, says Centre

NCDC says 9 coronavirus disease hotspots in country, ministry says there are many

World Environmental Health Day: One Health approach is key in preventing pandemics

A healthier environment can reduce global burden of disease by a quarter

Researchers develop helix-hairpin miniproteins for inhibiting SARS-CoV-2 infection

The artificial peptides can block entry, reduce effect of viruses like SARS-CoV-2

Health system inequalities in East Africa drive antimicrobial resistance

Antimicrobial resistance exists in this wider historical and socio-political contex

Simply Put: The COVID-19 mask

Simply Put: Virus and virus

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

COVID-19 smell loss can have profound effects on your life, from weight change to intimacy barriers

People with no sense of smell reported feeling detached from themselves and the world

Simply Put: India’s COVID-19 R value is rising

Two-thirds of India’s population have antibodies against novel coronavirus: ICMR 4th serosurvey

More than half of children have antibodies in them, according to the fourth serosurvey

The wrong side of digital divide: Students in Jhabua take up odd jobs in farms, construction sites

Most of these children will never return to formal education, say experts

Not testing enough: Half of UP’s COVID-19 cases in 12 districts

These 12 districts also accounted for about 50% of total tests in the state

Simply Put: Dip, dip, dip

Prime numbers, cicadas, online classes: How a lecturer brought them together in IIT-Bombay

Some cicada species mass-reproduce only at a prime-numbered gap

Coronavirus update: United States now has 0.4 mln cases

More than 83,000 deaths worldwide

Coronavirus update: Delhi Metro resumes even as India keeps adding more than 90,000 cases a day

India added 90,802 new cases in the last 24 hours, overtakes Brazil in total case tally

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