COVID-19: Who stands where as world tops 10 million cases

The world added the last million cases positive to the novel coronavitus in only 6 days — the fastest rate until now  

Coronavirus update: Tedros stresses green, healthy recovery from COVID-19

Lockdown measures turned lives upside down: WHO chief

Coronavirus update: World adds record new cases

Global COVID-19 tally jumped by 189,077 in 24 hours — the most until date

Coronavirus update: India tally crosses 8 million mark

Global tally crosses 44 million mark

Simply Put: The COVID-19 show jump

कोविड-19: क्या विटामिन-डी की पूर्ति के लिए सूती कपड़े पहनना ज्यादा बेहतर विकल्प है?

विटामिन डी की कमी वाले लोगों को कोविड-19 जल्दी चपेट में ले रहा है। देखा जा रहा है कि जहां विटामिन-डी कमी वाली आबादी ...

COVID-19: IMA shoots angry letter on govt statement about health worker deaths

Minister Ashwini Choubey had said Centre had no centralised data on how many healthcare workers had succumbed to COVID-19 as health was …

As told to Parliament (September 15, 2020): 169 tonnes COVID-19 biomedical waste generated daily in August

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Smoke and mirrors on COVID-19 drugs?

In a brutal fight to corner the successful outcome of research, governments are openly using money power to grab the first rights to promising …

Coronavirus update: India tally crosses 2 lakh

Number of active cases crossed 1 lakh mark

Marxists vs Paternalists vs Liberals: Where healthcare stands in India

How health as a right, investment and consumption regularly crops up in capitalist discourses 

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

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

COVID-19: Will Bengal come out of Pujo season unscathed

The Calcutta High Court was forced to step in to bar people from pandals; but is it enough?

In Bolivia, a model for indigenous groups grappling with COVID-19

In Bolivia, where almost half the inhabitants are of Indigenous origin, COVID-19 cases have surged

Africa’s scientists set out their COVID-19 research priorities

The pandemic is global and scientists are still trying to understand the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19

India has the highest number of COVID-19 cases among its analogous countries

During the initial phase of the COVID-19 lockdown, India was the 15th worst-hit country in the world

Coronavirus update: Recoveries greater than daily COVID-19 cases in Andhra

Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu encourages members to pass slips to communicate instead of approaching others

Coronavirus update: India’s active COVID-19 caseload is now 1 mln

 India now accounts for 13.86% of all active cases globally; Maharashtra and Karnataka have the greatest number of these, at 297,125 and&…

Coronavirus update: COVID-19 cases in India near 5 million mark

Positivity rate remains a key concern, say health ministry officials; country’s average positivity rate is 8.4%, while Maharashtra’s …

Coronavirus update: Delhi records more than 4,000 infections for 5 consecutive days

Maharashtra may impose fines on those who violate COVID-19 rules, says chief minister Uddhav Thackeray

Oxford scientists: These are final steps we’re taking to get our coronavirus vaccine approved

The vaccine is being evaluated in these different regions and populations of the world to ensure that results of the trial are ‘…

Eyes on the world — drones change our point of view and our truths

It’s true that drones are vision machines: They loiter in the air with a persistent eye on the ground, beaming back imagery to their …

How to use precision medicine to personalise COVID-19 treatment according to the patient’s genes

What should a precision medicine approach be in a pandemic? The gene-centric vision of precision medicine encourages people to expect …

Coronavirus update: Pune overtakes Delhi in COVID-19 cases

Antibody levels against the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that causes COVID-19 present for four months in 90% of recovered patients in Iceland, …