COVID-19 lockdown hits crab farming in coastal Odisha
Prices have crashed and farmers cannot find exporters to sell their produce to
Simply put: What’s cooking in lockdown
Simply Put: Corona warriors
Coronavirus update: Uttar Pradesh records first death
Record 72 new cases in Maharashtra yesterday
Simply Put: COVID-19 testing
Simply Put: Corona preparedness
COVID-19 vaccine: 74% scheduled health workers didn't get second shot
Less than half the scheduled workers have received the first shot
Smokers were never really protected from COVID, despite what early studies claimed
COVID-19 should teach us to hold extraordinary claims — about smoking, vitamin D, zinc, bleach, gargling iodine, or nebulising …
Interested in vaccine rollouts across Africa? Here’s a map to guide you
A map that will be updated daily, showing how many people have been vaccinated across the continent
COVID-19 warriors: How Assam’s Mishings brought agroforestry back into practice
A village in Assam escapes unemployment and food scarcity by reviving an ancient food forestry practice
EG.5.1 Covid variant takes off, India not at risk currently
On August 11, India has 1,505 active Covid-19 cases according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
New COVID-19 variant ‘Eris’: How bad is the new EG.5.1 variant?
There is currently no evidence to suggest that Eris is more dangerous or causes more severe disease than previous variants
A political thought for food
Global parliamentarians are forming a multilateral body to reform the agrifood system
Removing antimicrobial resistance from the WHO’s ‘pandemic treaty’ will leave humanity vulnerable to future pandemics
If governments are serious about pandemic preparedness, they must support bold measures to conserve the effectiveness of antimicrobials within …
Silent pandemic needs agenda for change
The rise of antimicrobial resistance is as catastrophic as COVID-19 or climate change
This Pride month, the LGBTQIA+ community wants to talk about healthcare, pandemic crisis
The community wants special provisions for them during the global crisis and sensitivity training for medical staff, among other things
COVID-19 aftershocks: This is an economic collapse triggered by a health crisis
Mehrotra is visiting professor, Centre for Development, University of Bath, UK, and former economics professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
Modi’s COVID-19 vaccine turnaround: An answer for Supreme Court queries just in time
The bench of judges Chandrachud, Rao and Bhat have already asked the Union government to review the vaccination policy and file an affidavit by …
COVID-19: Half the world unable to provide regular day-to-day primary care
More than a year into the pandemic, countries remain preoccupied with the COVID-19 care compromising on other healthcares
Mass poverty is back in India
After 45 years, the world’s fastest poverty-reducing country adds the maximum poor in a year
Reinfection will be part of the pandemic for months to come. Each repeat illness raises the risk of long COVID
We would and reduce the burden of long COVID if we increased vaccination coverage and universally adopted Japanese-style regular mask use and …
COVID-19: Headline management will not work
If the poor are hit today, the rich — who started this transmission in the first place in most cases — will be …
How COVID-19 has jammed South India’s jackfruit economy
With no harvest, contractors, farmers, transporters and labourers are suffering huge losses
‘Sumbiotude’: A new word in the tiny (but growing) vocabulary for our emotional connection to the environment
Sumbiotude is the exact opposite of solitude: It involves contemplation and completion of a lifespan with the loving companionship of humans and …
COVID-19: ‘Miniscule traces’ of novel coronavirus found in Paris’ non-potable water
It is essential that wastewater and sewage workers should use standard practices, practice basic hygiene precautions, and wear personal …