COVID-19: Two newborns in Odisha are positive, but their parents are not
Doctors suspect that two newborns in Odisha’s Berhampur could have caught COVID-19 through the air
COVID-19 is cruel to young and aspirational India
More than the pandemic, it’s the sheer abdication of responsibility from those in power that’s destroying the dreams of rural India &…
A national emergency: SC slams Centre on COVID-19 mismanagement
The Supreme Court takes suo motu cognizance of the COVID-19 situation and might take over all related cases from high courts
Ivermectin: why a potential COVID treatment isn’t recommended for use
There is currently insufficient evidence to support the use of ivermectin in treatment of COVID-19
The global approach to vaccine equity is failing: Additional steps that would help
The fight for vaccine equity needs to stop looking to multilateral institutions for permission and instead focus on the policy tools that are …
The Pandemic Year: How India saw its greatest internal exodus
A five-part series as India marks a year of the dreaded COVID-19 lockdown: We look at how the pandemic brought the issues of internal migrants to …
Global leaders call for international pandemic treaty
The treaty would be rooted in the constitution of the WHO, drawing in other relevant organisations key to this endeavour, in support of the …
Caught in second COVID-19 wave? What signs of surge in new entrants mean
COVID-19 cases are being reported in large numbers from districts that had so far been mildly hit by the pandemic
Sharing pathogens but not the benefits during pandemics
Western nations and pharma companies have, for long, allegedly appropriated and taken thousands of pathogen specimens and data without permission …
Some legislatures have held governments to account during COVID-19. But not all
In the time of COVID-19, it will be tempting to switch money out of democracy and governance activities and into health budgets. But stronger …
Wary healthcare workers in Assam inoculated with COVID-19 vaccines
Beneficiaries January 16, especially expressed wariness about Covaxin, compared to Covishield
Were warning signs about bird flu in Kerala overlooked
Farmers claim to have reported illness and death of ducks in Alappuzha district to the administration; but precious time was lost confirming the cause
Kerala confirms bird flu after hundreds of ducks die
Some 36,000 birds will have to be culled after the H5N8 strain of bird flu was detected in the central districts of Kottayam and Alappuzha
Imminent threat: WHO warns 40 million children susceptible to measles as outbreak intensifies in India
There has been a ‘steady decline’ in measles vaccination coverage since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the WHO says
Long COVID: Symptoms experienced during infection may predict lasting illness
Most long COVID-19 patients complain of symptoms experienced during their acute infection persisting beyond it
COVID-19: How 2021 has become the ‘year of the variant’ as predicted
More dangerous variants are likely to emerge and spread across the world, according to the WHO
Bird flu scare grips Cuttack: Ducks culled, compensation announced
After 12 ducks were tested positive of H5N1 virus, authorities culled 500 ducks, destroyed 6,000 eggs and instructed people not to consume the bird
COVID-19: Global remittances to decline 20%, says World Bank
India, the largest receiver of foreign remittances, will also be affected
Gareeb Kalyan Anna Yojana has been extended for five more months
Activists and experts welcome Prime Minister Modi’s announcement
Simply Put: Patanjali’s magic COVID-19 pills
India in midst of a nasty H3N2 outbreak — worst of seasonal flu viruses
Three deaths reported so far this season; the virus wreaked havoc in United States in 2018 as well
COVID-19: 15 new cases in a day poses biggest challenge for Odisha
State government admits shortage of personal protective equipment
Africa must make sure it’s part of the search for a coronavirus vaccine
To refuse inclusion would prevent Africa’s researchers from being significant players in the universal fight against the virus
COVID-19: Italy had 5.8 million cases by March 28, says study
Lockdowns reduced transmissibility in European nations but not template for all countries
Bird flu’s growing threat? After human case from infected cow in Texas, over 500 penguins found dead in Antarctica
The human patient had a mutation, PB2 E627K, which is linked to the virus adapting to mammalian hosts