The best of Indian science

In this and the following issue, DOWN TO EARTH presents a review of India's ten best scientific research projects. The selection is based on the …

Exempt COVID-19 vaccines from GST: Naveen

Odisha CM also seeks for states share of cess, surcharges that Centre collects 

Rise in swine flu cases before monsoon is alarming

The reason for the unusual increase in swine flu prevalence is yet to be known

Duty free

Uttar Pradesh can't deliver vaccines to its children. But it wants to import vaccine

COVID-19: New data on South Africa hospitalisations reveals how omicron dodges vaccines 

Some 22.6% of those hospitalised currently in South Africa are fully vaccinated against COVID-19

Why population immunity is not a realistic goal in Africa’s bid to control COVID-19

The threshold for reaching population immunity depends on many factors. One is the effectiveness of the vaccine. Another is how many people get …

Ghana faces hurdles to achieve targets set for COVID-19 vaccine rollout

At least 60% of Ghana’s 31 million residents will need to be vaccinated for the population to attain herd immunity. But a timeline for this …

Developing countries trust vaccines more: UK survey

Almost all Bangladeshis and Rwandans feel vaccines are safe and important; most French disagree

Most of us support mandatory vaccines for schoolkids, but is it good policy?

Overwhelming scientific evidence proves the safety and efficacy of vaccination to control, yet Canada is not meeting its childhood-vaccination targets

Over 7.7 million people vaccinated in DRC against yellow fever

In neighbouring Angola, an estimated 3 million people have been vaccinated since mid-August.

Hepatitis C: India has failed to tackle the deadly disease

Chronic HCV infection accounts for 12-32 per cent of liver cancer and 10-20 per cent of cirrhosis cases in India. Most people with chronic …

Frontier guards

Invaded and ravaged by germs and pathogens every moment of its existence, the human body has developed its own lines of defence. Among the …

Code of misconduct

The human genome may not solve all our problems. One of the most far-reaching consequences of the decoding is the ability to predict people's …

US govt data shows 62% of pregnant black women not vaccinated for flu, pertussis

Low trust levels among black adults for vaccines, doctors

Green tech in vogue

POLIO CAMPAIGN

Polio poser

Increased incidence of disease in UP raises questions about effectiveness of prevention plan

Magic drop

Easy to administer oral diarrhoea vaccine tested in Bangladesh

Alarm over terror tool

Smallpox scare leads to panic purchase of its vaccine

Cure in sight

Iraq syndrome

Multiple vaccinations torment US soldiers after the Iraq war

Bytes

Polio strikes again

Do-gooders and doubting thomases

Measles cases double in 1st 2 months of 2022: What does this warn us of

Conditions ripe for serious outbreaks of vaccine-preventable illnesses: WHO, UNICEF