Water in the age of coronavirus

As we confront the new global enemy SARS-COV-2, the availability of water will be a crucial determinant for a successful outcome in this war  

Coronavirus update: CNN pegs US tally at 13,000

India tally crosses 200, says ICMR

COVID-19: Exercise restraint, stay at home to fight pandemic, urges PM

Health ministry refuses to clear air over Tamil Nadu ‘community transmission’

COVID-19: A long economic quarantine

Forecast of high temperature, erratic rains and cyclone push India’s poor into a point of no survival return  

Scientists are still searching for the source of COVID-19: Why it matters

Understanding the specific circumstances, including human behaviour and activities, that led to the pandemic may provide clues about risk factors …

‘They stole my womb’: Doctors mislead thousands of women to get their uterus removed

DTE found most women who have undergone hysterectomy to be under 30, not needing the surgery

When safety measures lead to riskier behavior by more people

There, however, are people who sit out risky ventures even when they are made safer

Coronavirus should give us hope that we are able to tackle the climate crisis

Coronavirus isn't the only global crisis we face: Climate crisis is expected to be more devastating. Some have observed the response to the two …

Simply Put: Coronavirus in India

Coronavirus: How hand sanitisers protect against infections

This factsheet tells you what hand sanitisers comprise and how they work

The DRC is on the road to being Ebola free: how it got here

At the beginning of March the authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo announced that the last Ebola patient had been discharged from a …

Vaccines without needles: New shelf-stable film could revolutionise how medicines are distributed worldwide

A research group claims to have developed a method to stabilise live viruses and other biological medicines in a rapidly dissolving film that …

Coronavirus mutated, new strain more aggressive: Research

Though older, less aggressive ‘S type’ strain seems to be more frequent now than ‘L type’

COVID-19: Are we prepared for a pandemic?

No. The world has not even made a start

Contours of coronavirus

Given near-certain shocks awaiting our world, it's time to rethink globalisation

COVID-19: Is South Korea new epicentre outside China

World Health Organization hints at possible pandemic

Simply Put: Guidelines to counter epidemic

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

Outbreaks like coronavirus start in and spread from the edges of cities

The new coronavirus crossed the animal-human divide at a market in Wuhan, one of the largest Chinese cities and a major transportation node

Union budget 2020-21 - explained in 15 charts

Nirmala Sitharaman's budget has little to offer rural India. Allocation to several schemes were slashed below 2019-20 revised estimates&…

Lassa fever: Why there’s a call to declare a health emergency in Nigeria

The Nigerian Academy of Science has called for the current outbreak of Lassa fever in Africa’s most populous nation to be declared a …

Why do bats keep cropping up during virus outbreaks

The more bats are under stress, the greater is the risk from viruses

Coronavirus outbreak: A new mapping tool that lets you scroll through timeline

To provide a clearer picture of an evolving story, the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine has developed a new outbreak-…

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 …

Arsenic: Lurking in the shadows across Ganga, Brahmaputra basins

As the geography of arsenic contamination spreads, there is an urgent need for governments to reorient mitigation measures. That’s because …