Between 1918-19 Spanish flu and COVID-19, not much has changed
The British government permitted provisional governments to exercise powers under the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, the same one the present …
COVID-19 pandemic: Women in charge
Women make up the majority of workers in the health and social welfare sectors globally. Nearly one in three women work in agriculture and do …
Post-pandemic: Fear, time, mass death dominate the world of the novel coronavirus
COVID-19 has 3 official narratives — the medical and the governmental are presented emphatically; the social is ignored
Stop all trade talks during COVID-19: Civil society to WTO
Instead, refocus on access to medical supplies and saving lives, they urge
COVID-19: ‘Nurses need support for trauma, pain they experience’
A nurse on the frontlines of 2014 Ebola outbreak recounts her story of struggle, fear and courage
India’s COVID-19 vaccine: Study investigators say August 15 deadline unachievable
Indian Council of Medical research suggests a month’s time to complete three phases, global experiments taking months
COVID-19: Bengal has highest death rate, least testing in India
Combination of both may prove to be disastrous for the state in the long run, say experts
COVID-19: Will Uttarakhand be able to provide work to its migrant population?
More than 330,000 people have returned to their villages so far, with Almora and Pauri Garhwal districts getting the greatest number of returnees
COVID-19 shows the world needs physicians who can look beyond medical charts
COVID-19 has placed a spotlight on the field of social medicine. It has done so by showing up inherent injustices in society
Hygiene hypothesis: Gut microbiome development affected in children born during COVID-19 lockdown, studies show
Microbiomes in such kids less diverse, with distinct effect on certain populations of organisms, says Nature article
Bird flu pandemic threat as high as in 1997; focus on wild bird migration routes, say experts
Experts urge investment in developing newer generation vaccines based on mRNA technology
Prevention better than cure: Why World Bank bats for One Health to combat pandemics
Report finds cost of prevention a third of fighting off pandemic as pace of emerging infectious outbreaks increase
New, more virulent HIV strain reported in the Netherlands 40 years after pandemic began
The new HIV variant is a cause for concern since these are figures for a country with high awareness about and monitoring of the disease
COVID-19: Govt contradicts ‘media report’ on genome sequencing but fails to clarify total numbers
On June 6, the government said revised strategy would detect new variants; on September 6, it said the first strategy had served the purpose
Small island states faced thrice as much fall in GDP in 2020 as other developing countries: UN
The COVID-19 pandemic affected all spheres of live in the climatically sensitive small island countries, according to a new UN report
WATCH: Will mixing COVID-19 vaccines be effective?
Some early studies have shown that combining vaccines produce a better immune response. But the efficacy of the vaccine combination is yet to be …
COVID-19 second wave: Putting India first
The Union government proclaimed victory against COVID-19 in September 2020. The result was an unrelenting, unforgiving second wave
COVID-19: The unfolding predicament in villages of Thar desert
Infrastructural constraints are intensified by lack of substantive knowledge, awareness and behavioural limitations about health
Ivermectin for COVID-19: Is India overusing
The medical fraternity is divided on its use amid lack of strong evidence of its success in treating COVID-19
COVID-19: Beware of ‘Mexican variant’
Down To Earth speaks to Saumitra Das, director of the National Institute of Biomedical Genomics in West Bengal about the possible role of a …
COVID-19 vaccines for all: Decoding global tenders by states
At least a dozen Indian states have floated or will float tenders for procuring vaccines and will also bear the cost
COVID-19 Update: SARS-CoV-2 is predominantly airborne, says new Lancet study
Karanataka Chief Minister hospitalized after being diagnosed with COVID-19 for second time
Odisha CM rules out lockdown, shutdown, but urges people to take masks seriously
Let masks be Odisha’s most important safeguards during second wave of COVID-19, Naveen Patnaik says
What’s the new coronavirus variant in India and how should it change their COVID-19 response?
In 15-20% samples from Maharashtra, the state accounting for 62% of cases in the country, a new, double mutation in key areas of the virus has …
Water’s value cannot be pegged to its price alone: UN report
The tremendous value of water cannot be confused with the concepts of ‘price’ and ‘cost’, the report said