New influenza virus isolated in pigs in China has pandemic potential
Human-to-human transmission possible, pre-existing immunity against flu of no help
Coronavirus update: Centre says not spend on any new scheme for a year
India added ~10,000 cases Thursday
The 183 labs in India that can test COVID-19 cases
Labs remain sparse in worst-hit states
Kerala's Rs 20,000 crore package for COVID-19 outbreak: How far will it go?
Kerala had 60 cases of those infected by the novel coronavirus as of March 23, 2020
9 reasons you can be optimistic that a vaccine for COVID-19 will be widely available in 2021
It is realistic that we will know sometime in late 2020 whether some COVID-19 vaccines are safe, exactly how effective they are and which ones …
Irish scientists find the reason for blood clots in COVID-19 patients
According to previous research, blood clotting is a major cause of death in COVID-19 patients
Free foodgrain until Diwali: What about migrants, those without ration cards?
Around 100 million Indians are excluded from the public distribution system, according to economists
New Zealand is on alert as COVID-19 returns. This is what we need to stamp it out again
Rapid contact tracing is going to be key to getting the virus under control. If the country is lucky, many of those infected may not have yet …
The Ajrakh jacket (CoVest), the first COVID-19 smart clothing made in India?
Former professor at the National Institute of Design teams up with artisans to craft a jacket that can help one move around without much hassle …
COVID-19: What’s driving Portugal’s high caseload, toll despite impressive vaccination rates?
Around 87% of Portugal’s population is fully vaccinated & over 65% received boosters
3 years of pandemic: Anxiety weighed on me like a rock during my 10-day ordeal
I had developed a false notion that my treatment was not being done properly; it became an impediment in my getting better earlier than I did
Three years into the pandemic, it’s clear COVID won’t fix itself. Here’s what we need to focus on next
Political frankness, avoidance of infections and adoption of new knowledge and technology can be our future respone plan
Biden’s plan for ending the emergency declaration for COVID-19 signals a pivotal point in the pandemic – 4 questions answered
Ending the federal emergency reflects both a scientific and political judgment that the acute phase of the pandemic has ended and that special …
Online child abuse escalated in India during pandemic: CRY
Adolescent girls and boys within 14-18 years, belonging to the lower income strata, were figured as the most vulnerable group
Infographic: COVID-19 pandemic enters the fourth year
The most widespread pandemic to have hit the planet appears to be turning endemic and adding to the world’s burden of diseases
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
Global pandemic fund to open for investment proposals in November
The treasury will help boost pandemic prevention, preparedness and response in low- and middle-income countries
COVID-19: 6 African countries to receive technology needed to produce mRNA vaccines
South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa warns that unless Africa has a vaccine market, manufacturing vaccines will soon collapse
New studies explore waning immunity and vaccine efficacy against long COVID
One deals with general efficacy and another is on vaccine effectiveness in preventing or reducing the chances of long COVID
COVID-19 third wave: Returning workers may have led to Jharkhand spike
COVID-19 situation dire in Jharkhand, with healthcare workers, rural residents infected; state has no wherewithal for genome sequencing
As COVID-19 pandemic enters 3rd year, what do we know about its origin?
More than 2.8 billion cases and 5.4 million deaths later, the mystery remains unsolved — even as we were warned about it
COVID-19 effect: Healthcare costs push over half billion into extreme poverty
A wide gap in affordable healthcare access, combined with reduced income can exacerbate crisis
COVID-19: Global risk related to Omicron ‘very high’, warns WHO
WHO urges ramping up surveillance, sequencing and community testing to check SARS-CoV-2’s mutations and omicron’s prevalence
COVID-19: 2 years into pandemic, original virus nowhere as variants take over
Data from GISAID has revealed the current dominance of the GK clade, to which the Delta variant belongs, in nearly every continent
G20 countries have key to vaccine equity, ending COVID-19 pandemic: WHO chief at health meet
G20 leaders need to fulfill their dose-sharing pledges by September-end 2021, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged countries at health meet in Rome