Troubled interiors: How COVID-19 second wave has struck deep in heartland India
The second wave saw COVID-19 spread beyond urban centres, infecting rural and tribal populations. DTE examined 16 severely hit districts on how …
African health ministers launch campaign to arrest sickle cell disease
Approximately 1,000 children are born with the disease every day in Africa, making it the most prevalent genetically-acquired disease in the region
Vaccine leadership, not chauvinism
We need the world’s drug regulators to come together to scrutinise clinical trial data — not take decisions one after another
Simply Put: India’s charge against COVID-19
Contours of coronavirus
Given near-certain shocks awaiting our world, it's time to rethink globalisation
The end of meat and GMOs or the end of us : Part 2
The second in a three-part series series on effects of GMOs and the meat industry on our environment
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
Global life expectancy rebounds after COVID-19 dip, could go up by 5 years by 2050
Life expectancy projected to rise by 0.16 years per year 2022-2050 — notably lower than 0.27-year increase seen 1990-2019
Limited toilet access, unsanitary facilities may be behind high urinary incontinence burden in sub-Saharan African women
Study on 175 people in Kenya and Nigeria claims number could be as high as 1 in 5 women
‘Ineffective’ India-made antivenoms recalled in Kenya, country faces snakebite crisis
Studies in India, by WHO show antivenom serums not working
Coronavirus update: Health ministry releases data on protective gears
Plan to use plasma of the immune in patients in UK
Designing infectious disease warnings that work
Most infectious disease warning systems have been set up to fail as they focus on science, not people.
Predicting epidemics isn’t easy. We’ve created a global dataset to help
A better understanding of how different infectious diseases spread across countries can help establish early warning mechanisms and response protocols
How the American dream has treated demands for reproductive autonomy through history
Pre-1840, abortion was accessible and stigma-free for most
Not close enough: What India needs to keep in mind this World Breastfeeding Week
Human milk banks are important for infants who do not have access to mother’s milk. But India is yet to see large-scale rollout of such centres
Health to harm: Researchers call for action against pharma pollution
New paper maps out UK healthcare system to understand pharmaceutical pollution from human healthcare
Antimicrobial resistance: Zimbabwe has created momentum for success, but more work needed
Country's drug resistance index at 66.6% against a benchmark of 25%
How COVID-19 restrictions prevent Nairobi’s sex workers from accessing vital healthcare
Unfortunately, COVID-19 has made it harder than usual for sex workers all over Africa to access healthcare
COVID-19: Cities become hotspots again
54% daily cases since October recorded in urban districts; rural districts had a larger caseload in August, September
How to avoid infection after a COVID-19 death – an Ebola response veteran explains
Preventing transmission when handling the deceased is achieved by ‘contact precautions’
Revealed: Protein ‘spike’ that lets novel coronavirus pierce, invade human cells
Knowing the structure of the virus’s spike protein gives us crucial information about exactly how the virus infects host cells
False information fuels fear during disease outbreaks: There is an antidote
Editors and journalists no longer control the flow of news and opinion. Anyone can generate and distribute text, images, sound clips and video on …
India’s mysterious diseases: ‘We need a public health system’
Human health management is dismally low in India, says T Jacob John, virologist and former professor at Christian Medical College, Vellore
Surviving heatwaves: What can India learn from France
Heatwave events caused 22,223 deaths from 1992 to 2015 in India
Moderna is not committed to ‘vaccine equity’: Africa CDC
Moderna's decision to abandon plans to construct vaccine plants in Kenya drew flak from African Union's public health agency