How is COVID-19 diagnosed and are the tests reliable?

Let’s delve into the world of diagnostic tests where every reaction and every chemical matters

COVID-19: Sample the unknown

Testing is no doubt the cornerstone of the fight against COVID-19. But the world’s growing obsession with tests might weaken our response …

The next once-a-century pandemic is coming sooner than you think — but COVID-19 can help us get ready

A COVID-19-type pandemic had long been predicted, but scientists’ warnings weren’t heeded

On the road: DTE travels 500 km with returning migrants amid COVID-19 lockdown

Unplanned shutdown led thousands of India’s migrant workers to walk in the scorching summer, often on empty stomachs, in their effort to …

Banning bushmeat could make it harder to stop future pandemics

Bushmeat is popular. Consumers believe that eating wild animals is normal, respectful of traditions, medicinal and even healthy

COVID -19: Invisible policy fault lines are more by accident than design

Fractures in public policy always existed. They are now only more blatant than ever before.

COVID-19: HCQ fails in first randomised controlled trials in France, China

Both studies show significant adverse effects of the drug on moderate and serious patients

Lasers could speed up coronavirus diagnostics

Our approach uses a technique called Raman spectroscopy to identify viruses by shining a light on a disposable cartridge that collects samples …

COVID-19: Indiscriminate use of azithromycin may cause more harm than good

Antibiotic use during the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) needs to be guided by early diagnosis, proper characterisation of co-infections to …

COVID-19: Moving from flattening the curve to a pandemic resilient nation

The nation cannot afford the psychological and economic toll of heavy restrictions on the population at large

COVID-19: North Africa most affected in entire continent with 68% of all deaths

Algeria reports 173 deaths, the most in all of Africa

COVID-19: Is India testing enough? Here’s what data says

India’s daily testing has dropped dramatically since September

COVID-19: Sewage study shows nearly 6 lakh infected in Hyderabad

Around 2 lakh people actively shedding viral materials, the study found

World Health Assembly agrees for global treaty to ‘strengthen pandemic prevention’

An intergovernmental negotiating body will be responsible for drafting and negotiating a treaty under Article 19 of the World Health Organisation&…

Need to ramp up vaccine supply for developing countries: Global task force on COVID-19

Heads of the World Bank Group, International Monetary Fund, World Health Organization and World Trade Organization met for the first time …

Why experts are not happy with India’s COVID-19 vaccine procurement, pricing policy

India only COVID-19 vaccine producer that has shifted burden onto citizens to pay for vaccines by opening private markets for them, experts say

COVID-19: Spike in infections, new variant raise worry in South Africa

The new variant is now dominant, responsible for 99 per cent of all positive COVID-19 cases in the country 

COVID-19 vaccine update: Nearly 35 million jabs administered in India so far

Xi Jinping announces he will start regular visa services for those administered the China-made vaccine; no such vaccine is, however, available in …

Covaxin effective against UK Strain: What does this mean in absence of efficacy data?

Being a whole-virus vaccine doesn’t give Bharat Biotech product any advantage at this stage, say experts

Drop of 8.7% in India’s per capita GDP in 2020-21: First advance estimates

Country’s real GDP will shrink by 7.7 per cent in 2020-21, a government release said

Biden has announced a COVID taskforce to guide him through the crisis. But there are many challenges ahead

Biden must restore trust in government and science, ensure transparency and accountability, and build a common purpose so people will act for the …

All tuberculosis patients to be screened for COVID-19

Studies show up to 4.47% of COVID-19 patients have prevalence of tuberculosis  

COVID-19: Trials for cure at a glance

Scientists across the globe are working to develop vaccines for the novel coronavirus disease while exploring whether existing drugs can be …

Coronavirus update: Meeting with principal investigators of Covishield vaccine on Aug 14

The continent has a million cases, but fewer than one confimed case per thousand; but there are many more Africans infected, say several antibody …

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