How Peru became the country with the highest COVID-19 death rate in the world

A fairly limited social security and fragile healthcare system meant Peru was not prepared to deal with a rise in COVID-19 cases

Global emissions almost back to pre-pandemic levels after unprecedented drop in 2020, new analysis shows

From the beginning of 2022, the world can emit an additional 420 billion tonnes of CO2 to limit global warming to 1.5℃, or 11 years of …

COVID-19: Child immunisation pushed back by years in India during 2020

As many as 23 million children across the world did not get routine vaccines, according to WHO-Unicef analysis

WHO adds another lifesaving drug to the list of COVID-19 medicines

When administered, tocilizumab and sarilumab reduce the odds of death by 13 per cent, compared to standard care

COVID-19: A viral change in the regime

The pandemic has brought out not only many socio-economic and political fault lines in global governance, but also in individual countries

Few takers for Bihar’s revised COVID-19 death toll

Most experts say the government did not count deaths of people at homes, in ambulances, private hospitals and rural areas

Re-design health innovation ecosystem for the common good: WHO         

WHO’s Council on the Economics of Health for All issues brief on equitable health innovation

Bacterial co-infection uncommon in patients with community-acquired COVID-19: Lancet

‘Antimicrobial stewardship’ in COVID-19 patients will help slow emergence of antimicrobial resistance, report says

Post COVID-19 complication among children worries pediatricians

Children manifest this syndrome which usually involves multiple organs about four to six weeks after a COVID-19 infection.

Who should or shouldn’t take the COVID-19 vaccine

The demand for vaccination has suddenly grown manifold after the devastating second wave of COVID-19. But there are many myths and misconceptions …

COVID-19 vaccines for all: Confusion bedeviling vaccination efforts

Lack of proper channeling of available stock in the right places at the right time leading to vaccine shortage

COVID-19: Why liquid oxygen should be handled properly

Medical oxygen may be more precious than gold in India right now as COVID-19 rips us apart; but medical personnel must be thoroughly …

COVID-19 may already have killed 650,000 people in India through May 5: Report

Real death toll due to COVID-19 in India could be thrice the government figure, a new report has said

COVID-19 in India: an unfolding humanitarian crisis

The world needs all the vaccines it can get, so factors such as equity of distribution and public confidence have to be addressed to ensure that …

COVID-19 killed more people in 16 months than natural disasters in 20 years

No disaster has killed more than 3 million people in recent history and in such a short time period

Lessons from the past: Protecting women and girls from violence during COVID-19

Policy-makers and practitioners must heed lessons from the Ebola outbreak in the DRC. They must mitigate against further exacerbation of gender-…

We’ve made progress to curb global emissions. But it’s a fraction of what’s needed

Globally, we need to deliver at least ten times more emissions cuts than our pre-pandemic efforts

How COVID-19 puts women at more risk than men in Gauteng, South Africa

Women care for children and the elderly, are more likely to be visiting public health facilities to access healthcare for themselves or for …

Hand washing a must for COVID-19, but do we have enough water

Though hand washing during the present COVID-19 pandemic is essential, we have to be careful while using water for this purpose

Patients with COVID-19 shouldn’t have to die alone. Here’s how a loved one could be there at the end

Rather than just using a risk-minimisation approach to managing COVID-19, there’s scope for some flexibility and creativity in addressing …

COVID-19: Is the R number still useful?

R is not based solely on the virus but is affected by the environment and behaviour of the population. It also varies depending on the model used …

COVID-19: No mechanism in place, persons with disabilities suffer in Bengal

Regular requirements of persons with disabilities were not being taken care of, according to district sources

Why we need basic universal income in post-COVID world

Without much larger injections of cash, we would still be facing a reduction in aggregate demand and an inevitable recession  

‘Hands tied’: Why non-profits aren’t part of Bihar’s COVID-19 response

Organisations say state govt wants them to hand over relief material

COVID-19: Odisha flags off Rs 100-cr emergency initiative for daily wage earners

The initiative will provide employment opportunities to 4.5 lakh families in urban areas