Antimicrobial resistance: Prevention key to control pandemics
Important to prevent emergence and spread of infections to reduce need and dependence on antimicrobials
COVID-19: UP's Bundelkhand fairs well in lockdown despite reverse migration
Six of seven districts in Uttar Pradesh’s side of the Bundelkhand region implement lockdown successfully
COVID-19: Role of bayt-al-mals in J&K comes into focus amid lockdown
Bayt-al-mals look after welfare of families and in some cases, migrants, in the union territory
Tourism industry faced losses worth $2.6 trillion in 2020-2022
While tourism has rebounded, both tourist numbers and export revenues in 2022 remained 34% below 2019 levels
There’s no evidence indicating dominant link between warmer climates and COVID-19 spread: WMO
However, even secondary factors like weather and air quality can significantly impact the number of infections and deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic
State of the World’s Forests 2022: 10% of total forest area on Earth lost in 30 years
It stated that annual global consumption of natural resources is likely to increase to 190 billion tonnes in 2060 from 92 billion tonnes in 2017
India’s poverty: There is no end to Surjit Bhalla’s imagination
The IMF executive director has just declared that India was nearly free of extreme poverty in 2020 and inequality was lowest in 40 years due to …
Convention on Biological Diversity: Draft recommendation to focus on One Health approach, COVID-19
The draft also addressed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health, well-being and biodiversity
COVID-19: Virus and vaccine lessons from 2021 for better 2022
Inoculation, restrictions, infrastructure and memory are effective tools in mitigating COVID-19 infection and easing restrictions on …
COVID-19: Drizzle deters section of pilgrims but violations galore at Ganga Sagar Mela
“What can you do when a sea of people comes and overwhelms you,” say officials
Treatment for COVID-19 in Omicron wave: What to go for, what to avoid
Experimental therapies used to treat COVID-19 in India’s first two waves should not be used this time, warn doctors
Omicron in southern Africa: ‘Afrophobia’, say Malawians in wake of West’s travel ban
Malawian government says it has the capacity to do genomic sequencing and had not detected the Omicron variant till now
COVID-19: Kerala needs to revisit approach
As area-specific control measures are failing on the ground, the state needs to explore alternative strategies
COVID-19: Centre must make foodgrain distribution universal
The immediate support India’s poor need is food; everything else comes later
COVID-19 common in pets of infected owners: Research
Scientists urge infected pet owners to avoid contact with their pets, so as not to infect them; they could, in turn, become reservoirs of SARS-CoV-2
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 …
Building resilience amid COVID-19: Odisha’s tribal youth show the way
Amid COVID-19, 100 young volunteers have been building resilience among tribal communities in five districts of Odisha by promoting public health,…
COVID-19: Lack of shots, digital literacy hindering vaccination in rural UP
The state government has stopped walk-in vaccination, thus making it difficult for 60 million people who are digitally illiterate
No medical staff, equipment in ‘model’ state Gujarat’s villages, as COVID-19 wreaks havoc
COVID-19 has spread to all of Gujarat’s 18,000 villages, alleges a state Congress member
Vaccines work just fine without side effects says a new Lancet study
Only one in four people experience mild, short-lived systemic side-effects after receiving either the Pfizer Inc or the Oxford University-…
COVID-19 vaccines: Waiting for advantage India
Indian firms face the tall order of ramping up production to meet increased demand here and abroad
Over-stretched poll schedule driving COVID-19 cases in Bengal, claim experts
The state recorded 216 COVID-19 cases on February 26, when the poll schedule was announced; the number shot up to 5,892 by April 14
COVID-19 toll : Are the government figures about Bihar COVID-19 deaths correct
Down To Earth visits one of Patna’s oldest cremation grounds to unearth a discrepancy in figures