COVID-19 lockdown shows why India needs social rental housing
Poor, low-income population needs rents below market rates
Livestock not susceptible to novel coronavirus: study
Ferrets, cats highly susceptible to being infected
Funeral over a video call: COVID-19 lockdown forces Odisha migrants to stay away
Not being able to attend last rites of kin takes a toll on mental health
Is intensive livestock production responsible for emerging infectious diseases
It is high time we recognise the connection between people, animals, plants and their shared environment
Novel coronavirus detected in sewage in India: Study
However, researchers found no viral genome in treated samples of the sites where the virus was detected in untreated wastewater
Antibiotic administration prevalent in COVID-19 patients with no bacterial infection: Study
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the rampant use of antibiotics in the diseased patients to treat bacterial co-infections or rule out the …
WHO has ended the COVID-19 global health emergency — what happens now?
The ‘end of the pandemic’ might have several ramifications
Nipah Outbreak: Questions being asked about Kerala’s public health system to detect ‘exotic’ diseases
State health minister though insists that Kerala has a fool-proof system to detect any illness
COVID-19: Bihar’s only genome-sequencing facility stops in only a month
Just 67 omicron cases have been detected in Bihar till date, according to official data
WHO approves Tocilizumab for COVID-19 treatment
Extremely high price, poor availability bottlenecks in drug usage
Adoptions but also abuse: The COVID-19 pandemic is the best and worst of times for animals
When it comes to animals, not only do we need to look and watch. We need to really see
Simply Put: Whose protocol is it anyway?
Delhi serosurvey says novel coronavirus infected 6 mln; how do we read this?
There’s more to be done before betting on herd immunity
Simply Put: The art of governance
Coronavirus update: World tally crosses 8 mln
Everyday, 100,000+ new cases being added
COVID-19: How did Gujarat become second worst-affected state?
Routine flow of visitors from Mumbai, Indore was overlooked, sources said
COVID-19: Losses stoke fear among Bengal’s betel leaf farmers
More than 1.5 mln betel leaf farmers stare at losses in the state
COVID-19 lockdown: Odisha’s mahua flower collectors left in lurch
The state’s tribal economy intrinsically runs on mahua flower trade in summers
COVID-19: How will India plan its lockdown exit?
The PM has directed all chief ministers to devise a common exit strategy
COVID-19: Odisha villages tense amid returning migrants
Villagers now demand health check-ups of the returning workers
Zika virus declared ‘Public Health Emergency’ by WHO
The virus has been related to microcephaly and other neurological disorders in newborns
One month in, how Biden has changed disaster management and the US COVID-19 response
In direct contrast to his predecessor, US President Joe Biden is treating this as a national-scale crisis requiring a comprehensive national …
COVID-19: AIIMS’ serosurvey right in dismissing notion that third wave will affect more children
When Down To Earth compared the AIIMS report to other serosurveys, seroprevalence in children was shown to be rising to 55 per cent, from 5 per …
COVID-19 calls for a thoughtful appraisal about humanity’s equation with animals
Animals in captivity in zoos, circuses and other facilities, should be given humane treatment, should not be bred indiscriminately and should be …
COVID-19 vaccine poverty is the new GDP
COVID-19 vaccines have emerged as a critical capital to base economic recovery and reduce poverty faster. This makes them a powerful commodity to …