COVID-19 exposed dependence of world, India on China for active pharma ingredients

APIs are crucial for drugs and countries have put their eggs in a single basket; India has been discussing the issue for sometime

COVID-19: Integrating urban and rural safety nets in Africa

Helping urban residents cover costs of return, providing sanitary supplies and scaling up health system surveillance can constitute a safe rural …

Why a one-size-fits-all approach to COVID-19 could have lethal consequences

We are putting in place measures that will lead to malnutrition and starvation for millions of people, and for these horrors, children and …

COVID-19 disrupted half of 25 key health services globally: WHO report

Immunisation-outreach services were the most hit (70%), while non-communicable diseases diagnosis and treatment was the second-most impacted (69%)

At the heart of Dharavi model: Basic public health, resolve in community to beat COVID-19

Screening-isolating-testing worked for the densely populated area where physical distancing would be next to impossible

When the state of exception becomes the norm, democracy is on a tightrope

Around the world, governments have introduced measures to legally justify limits on personal freedoms

COVID-19 is wake up call for global food systems, say experts

Current industrial agriculture models drive habitat loss, create conditions for viruses to emerge and spread

World needs water, sanitation plans to mitigate coronavirus risk

Measures like hand washing are integral in protecting human health during disease outbreaks

COP 26 deferred for COVID-19: 2020 remains critical for climate policy

New national targets are due and novel coronavirus pandemic response is not an excuse for fossil fuel subsidies

COVID-19: Can BCG vaccine fight this pandemic

Data showed countries that do not routinely immunise children against tuberculosis have more COVID-19 cases

Simply Put: COVID toppers

This Earth Day, Stop the Money Pipeline

20 million Americans took to the streets for the first Earth Day in 1970

Landlocked countries suffering due to COVID-19 lockdown: UN

Lack of coastlines makes the flow of goods from these countries to world markets more difficult, it added

WHO launches ‘CoViNet’ — a global laboratory to monitor emerging coronaviruses

Builds on COVID-19 reference laboratory network established during early days of pandemic to confirm disease

COVID-19: Is SARS-CoV-2 evolving differently after omicron

Cases are expected to rise with the advent of winter

Simply Put: Defaming the government

India lost 100,000 people to COVID-19 in May alone

Over a third of the country’s total deaths of 315,235 occurred in May

Growing COVID-19 infection among children a concern in Odisha: Sources

Of the total cases registered between March 1 and May 16, 8% were among those under 18

COVID-19 wreaks havoc in Odisha’s Nuapada; families left destitute

Between April 1 and May 3, 87 people have died in the district bordering Chhattisgarh

Simply Put: Magic box of COVID-19 vaccines

COVID-19: Migrant labourers are leaving Gujarat, again

The second COVID-19 wave has marred businesses, migrant workers face dearth of work

COVID-19 in India: Less than half the tests are RT-PCR

We are witnessing third spike in Delhi which is bigger than the second one: ICMR D-G

Simply Put: The Great COVID-19 Race

Simply Put: Russian COVID-19 vaccine

New influenza virus isolated in pigs in China has pandemic potential

Human-to-human transmission possible, pre-existing immunity against flu of no help