Socials of the pandemic

For generations, and also in the immediate future, the COVID-19 pandemic will be remembered for this: how the world lived up to a global crisis?

Argentina’s mystery pneumonia outbreak finally identified as Legionellosis disease

At least 11 people have been infected and four have succumbed to the illness

Pushing antibiotic development agenda needs more support

Current investments are not enough, need to be supplemented

Antimicrobial resistance: Here’s what can be done to address environmental AMR in India

India is the world’s largest consumer of antibiotics in terms of total volume

Simply put: Happy Pujas

COVID-19: Testing criteria for private labs opened up

Price cap of Rs 5,000 fixed for pvt labs to conduct virus investigation

28 people tested positive in India for COVID-19: Harsh Vardhan

16 out of them Italian nationals, says Union health minister

Coronavirus: Chinese media reports drop in new cases, WHO dismisses any trend

Wuhan hospital director dies due to COVID-19 infection

Grotesque profits in the time of COVID-19

Vaccine equity goes for a toss as US recommends booster shots, while Pfizer and Moderna revenues soar by billions of dollars

Protect patients, health workers and facilities: WHO to all parties in Afghanistan

The World Health Organization was committed to staying in Afghanistan and delivering critical health services, it said

COVID: A two-year journey through lockdowns, lives lost and life-saving research

During this period, there have been over 433 million confirmed cases of COVID-19, including over 6 million deaths, reported to the World Health …

COVID-19, lack of funds left many countries unable to protect health from climate change: WHO

Many countries do have national health and climate change plans in place but their implementation is impeded by several factors

Long COVID: Female sex, older age and existing health problems increase risk, say new research

Symptoms can include fatigue, breathlessness, difficulty concentrating and many more – but the precise nature of the symptoms is not well …

We know vaccines are the way out of COVID-19, but how are India’s numbers stacked

India is adding the most to the pandemic’s tally now; yet, the vaccination drive has lost steam before any significant gains

Re-embrace democracy, Free World

The pandemic response will become truly global only when the vaccine becomes a global good

More adults than ever have been seeking ADHD medications — an ADHD expert explains what could be driving the trend

Amid the growing online community of newly self-diagnosed people with ADHD, many probably did not actually have the condition

State of Health: In nearly 14% hospitalisations in rural India, households pushed into debt to pay bills

While the government's share in India's total health expenditure is rising every year, out-of-pocket health spending remains the largest …

ADHD: Inattention and hyperactivity have been the focus of research — but emotional problems may be the missing link

Many mental health conditions may be linked to a unified, genetically determined problem of “synaptic pruning”

COVID-19: Rural India’s case load has topped since August

The pandemic has also killed more people in rural districts than in urban ones in September

World Health Assembly passes historic resolution on climate change & health, urging countries to take action

The resolution marks the WHO’s commitment to encourage support for implementing policies and strategies to mitigate the effects of climate …

A stretchy computer chip with brain-like AI might revolutionise wearable health tech

Chip will be able to sample sweat, analyse health data right on the body

WHO has ended the COVID-19 global health emergency — what happens now?

The ‘end of the pandemic’ might have several ramifications

Gender, caste discrimination, mistreatment by superiors: Mental stress takes a toll on ASHA workers, shows study

ASHA workers in Sehore, Madhya Pradesh share the hurdles they face every day at homes of residents and workplaces

ICMR: Post-Covid dyspnoea, fatigue, and mental health issues were reported among 18.6%, 10.5%, and 9.3% respectively

Researchers say their findings may have certain limitations as they are prone to both underestimation and overestimation due to considerable loss …

How Nuh’s maternal mortality rate dropped 32 points in just 4 years

Incentivising institutional deliveries don’t necessarily ensure a pregnant woman’s nutritional health