Coronavirus update: EU leaders reach landmark deal on COVID-19

Serum Institute of India to apply for local trials of Oxford University’s vaccine candidate in India within a week

Bolsanaro’s environmental crimes come under EU scanner

Europe’s resolve to act against the Bolsonaro government’s environmental crimes appears to be strengthening

Decision on emergency authorisation for SII, Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccines deferred

Both manufacturers have been asked for more data before a final decision can be reached  

COVID-19: Why biocide overuse needs to be addressed to tackle AMR

Excessive use of biocides can be a potential threat that could drive AMR further, underlined a WHO editorial 

Novel coronavirus detected in sewage in India: Study

However, researchers found no viral genome in treated samples of the sites where the virus was detected in untreated wastewater

Ethics before profits: What it will take to have global access to COVID-19 vaccine

Experts worry that any COVID-19 vaccine is likely to have a high price tag and, as a result, be unequally distributed 

Mpox, AIDS & COVID-19 show challenges of targeting public health messaging to specific groups without causing stigma

Racial, sexual stigma around monkeypox spurred World Health Organization to rename the disease to mpox

Simply Put: COVID toppers

Simply Put: Patanjali’s magic COVID-19 pills

The world needs pharmaceuticals from China and India to beat COVID-19

Chinese manufacturers make around 40% of all APIs used worldwide; China, India are the source of 75-80% of APIs imported to US

COVID-19: What does air-borne transmission mean for air conditioning

Given the evolving nature of advisories, cutting down on use of air-conditioners is the most logical and economic thing to do  

COVID-19: What about 1.5 mln UP children who missed vaccination schedule

Summer, monsoon onset increase chances of measles, influenza

Has COVAX delivered on its vaccine access promises?

Organisations behind the vaccine arm seem to be losing interest in COVID-19

India is nowhere close to herd immunity, countrywide serosurvey shows

Upcoming winter season and festivals could heighten COVID-19 challenge, say officials

How to stall COVID’s march in rural India

As cases of COVID-19 emerge in India’s rural areas, the time is ripe in strengthening implementation of National Rural Health Mission and …

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

Simply Put: COVID-19 helpline

COVID-19 exposes fault lines in peri-urban areas

Lack of sanitation awareness prevails at a greater extent here; it is unclear how COVID-19-centric awareness campaigns will influence behavioral …

India’s mysterious diseases: Why are they happening?

The Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme is not working as it was conceptualised, say experts

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

Drought, literature and the lessons

It is imminently important for us to spend considerable time researching the water woes plaguing India and the indigenous solutions, existing in …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 22, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

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

How far is India from community transmission of COVID-19?

It is high time the government recognises the perils of not timely identifying community transmission and acting accordingly

COVID-19 vaccine freebies? Centre’s expert group says no decision yet

Wear masks as pollution can contribute to SARS-CoV-2 related mortality, warns ICMR