How will Delta evolve? Here’s what the theory tells us

Future variants will make vaccines less effective

‘COVID-19 herd immunity unlikely to slow transmission in coming months’

Expect third wave in the US in winter

Lateral Thoughts: Mix and match research

We still need to find the best vaccination protocol  

COVID-19 vaccines: African countries get very few doses at very high prices

Guinea, one of the lowest-income countries, has received just 25 doses 

Scientists explain the attack of coronavirus on the brain in new study

The peak viral load in the brain was 1,000 times than in lungs

Simply put: The right mask for COVID-19

Coronavirus update: India tally crosses 100,000

Active cases make up the bulk of them

Coronavirus update: Cereals, pulses, oilseeds, potatoes, onions go off Essential Commodities Act

India has more than 50,000 active cases now

Coronavirus update: Unofficial data shows 4,000+ new cases — largest spike yet

Central directive to states on migrants

Simply Put: The ‘rasas’ of the coronavirus

Coronavirus update: India tally crosses 50,000

Only 13 countries have recorded more cases

Coronavirus update: Spike in India death toll

Official record: 195 COVID-19 deaths in 24 hours

Coronavirus update: Govt plans movement window amid lockdown

Over 1,000 dead in India

Coronavirus update: Ajit Pawar urges special trains post-lockdown to ferry migrant workers

Death toll touches 686

Coronavirus update: Ordinance to punish violence against healthcare workers

Death toll at 640

Simply Put: Earth Day 2020

Third positive case of COVID-19 reported in Odisha

60-year-old man had returned from abroad on March 10, may have infected several others

Union Budget 2024-25: High on claims, less on substance

The budget speech was reduced to unsubstantiated claims and dangling the carrot of prosperity in future yet again

From Charles Dickens to woolly mammoths: Great long reads of 2020

Here are some stories of innovation and pure joy, intensely personal journeys as well as in-depth, data driven analysis

Here’s where efforts to end HIV in eastern and southern Africa must focus

HIV remains a major global public health challenge and the COVID-19 pandemic has added to it

COVID-19 December guidelines: Offices in areas with 10% positivity rates should stagger timings

Home ministry issues norms for December amid surge in pandemic; states can now fine you for not wearing masks

How much loss have we seen in child education during the pandemic?

PGI-D, a central grading system rating the performance of districts, may help get a sense of the true scale

Global warming: Africa, Asia most at risk of zoonotic spillovers

There can be 15,000 instances of viruses jumping from one species to another over the next 50 years

A new pandemic has struck the world: Food inflation

Food prices are increasing at an unprecedented rate worldwide, triggered by 2 years of COVID-19 pandemic-induced disruption and now the …

COVID-19 pandemic & children: Long-term impacts warrant concern

The physical and psychological effects of the pandemic pose major threats to children’s development