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Simply Put: Motivating vaccines

COVID-19 variants vs vaccines: How it works and what to expect

How the entry of the new variants impacts the global efforts to curb the pandemic

Coronavirus update: ICMR sets Aug 15 date for COVID-19 vaccine launch

Simply put: COVID-19 vaccines

Simply Put: COVID-19 and India's poor

COVID-19: What exactly is community transmission?

It is the third phase of a pandemic, according to the World Health Organization

Simply Put: Coronavirus vs climate change

COVID-19 vaccines: A mad scramble

Inequitable distribution amid acute shortage has derailed the global vaccination drive against COVID-19. We need to act fast to win the race …

Charging Indians for COVID-19 vaccines is bad, letting vaccine producers charge what they like is unconscionable

Most other nations, including Australia, the US, UK, Germany, France and China, are providing vaccines free of cost to all.

COVID-19: Expect a million deaths in India by August 1

India’s COVID-19 cases are 20 times more than officially declared  

COVID-19 vaccines: India’s 2021 challenge

India has enhanced its global standing by supplying COVID-19 vaccines to rich and poor countries alike. It must now scale up its manufacturing by …

When COVID-19, climate collide: How south Asia can prepare itself

Careful planning is needed to avoid major damage, while marshalling resources towards limiting the spread of COVID-19

COVID-19 pandemic unlikely to end before October in India: IIT-Kharagpur study

Modelling study predicts Delhi to overtake Maharashtra

COVID-19:Can Dexamethasone be the answer for critically ill patients

A COVID-19 vaccine needs the public’s trust — and it’s risky to cut corners on clinical trials, as Russia is

In other places, notably the United States, China and the European Union, even as researchers rush to develop vaccines, they continue to publish …

Coronavirus update: AstraZeneca halts global vaccine trials

COVID-19 has affected 19 sectors in India that were not under stress earlier, with a total Rs 15.5 lakh crore outstanding debt; retail and …

Coronavirus update: Testing dips after rise in cases

Increase in cases in Delhi is because of ‘lackadaisical attitude’ of people, says Mahesh Verma, head of Delhi government’s …

COVID-19: Importance of ensuring safety of sanitation workers in Nashik

The city has put its efforts to combat COVID-19 by ensuring the provision of essential services to front-line workers and maintaining cleanliness

‘Save COVID generation’: Ex-world leaders, economists urge education reform

The world’s poorest children are locked out of learning, denied internet access and have lost free school meals, a lifeline for 300 million …

COVID-19 promotes innovative HIV service delivery in Cape Town

South Africa’s health services were already strained pre-COVID-19. Its disruptive impact on HIV and other health services was of obvious concern

Can Dexamethasone be the answer for critically ill patients

The steroid reduced fatalities in COVID-19 patients on ventilators by a third, according to findings from a clinical trial in the island nation

New Zealand’s COVID-19 budget delivers on one crisis, but largely leaves climate change for another day

Under the circumstances, the New Zealand budget’s short-term vision is not surprising

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: Minister of Tribal Affairs Arjun Munda writes to chief ministers over livelihood of tribals

It is imperative to initiate proactive measures for the well-being of tribes, the minister writes