Omicron threat: How fast is India vaccinating against COVID-19
Rate too slow to meet target of vaccinating every eligible by end of year. The question is: Can Omicron further derail India’s fight …
COVID-19 vaccines produce T-cell immunity that lasts and works against virus variants
Vaccines train the immune system to recognise and respond to a particular pathogen, without first having to be infected by it
COVID-19: How the state can make vaccinating transgenders easier
The central and the state governments must look after the community, with creative leadership and broad involvement of the community
COVID-19 fallout: 25 million children missed routine vaccinations last year
India among countries where maximum number of children missed diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis shots
Cases of Buffalopox, India's latest emerging viral threat, underline need to understand evolutionary biology
West India has seen multiple outbreaks of buffalopox that belongs to the same family of viruses as monkeypox
Pandemic treaty: Draft urges cooperation, equity, transparency but misses independent monitoring
Draft has evolved from a working document circulated earlier this year in July and builds on the comments made by member states, domain experts …
It will be months before there is consensus over COVID-19 vaccine patents: Experts
The United States has supported a temporary waiver on COVID-19 vaccine patents; but not all is hunky-dory, say experts
Phylogenetic tools can help track COVID-19 variants faster. Here's how
Studying the evolutionary path of the virus can help countries assess their vaccine strategy
What South Africans should know, but don’t, about government’s COVID-19 vaccine procurement
Uncertainty remains around the exact role of South Africa’s nine provinces, each with its own legislature and executive council, on …
Intellectual property and COVID-19 medicines: Why a WTO waiver may not be enough
A waiver might not allow all developing countries to secure medicines and other anti-COVID technologies in a timely way
What Tanzania’s COVID-19 vaccine reluctance means for its citizens and the world
Only a few months into the pandemic, the president declared Tanzania COVID-free following three days of national prayers. The argument was that …
India readies for COVID-19 vaccination but vexed questions on the solution remain
The risks the country needs to prepare for, precautions it needs to take, the logistics required and, above all, the implications of it all for …
Here’s the first Africa-wide survey of the economic impact of COVID-19 on cultural industries
There are factors explaining the harsh impact of the pandemic on cultural industries in Africa. These range from levels of informality and the …
World AIDS Day: Battles won and lost hold valuable lessons for managing COVID-19
Resources have helped reduce morbidity and mortality in low- and middle-income regions. AIDS-related deaths have declined worldwide by 39% since …
Omicron variant: How should India deal with a fresh surge in COVID-19 cases?
India reported 1,700 omicron cases as of January 3
Inconvenient truth: Why omicron emerged, and why it could have been avoided
Best bet to tide over current crisis remains what we have known since the beginning of pandemic: Treat vaccine hesitancy and vaccine nationalism, …
Less than 10% of African countries likely to hit COVID-19 vaccination goal
The continent has so far fully vaccinated only 6% of its population; 70% of high-income countries have vaccinated more than 40% of their populations
Malaria vaccine: India needs it too, say experts
Countries in Africa registered 94 per cent of all malaria cases and deaths that took place globally in 2019; India saw the largest drop …
The world may soon get a vaccine against Chikungunya
A multi-country Phase II / III clinical trial of a vaccine led by the International Vaccine Institute in partnership with Bharat Biotech …
Faster diagnostic tests developed for tuberculosis
Scientists bring out a highly sensitive and rapid test for detection of tuberculosis infection in lungs and surrounding membranes
Guillain-Barre: What is this neurological disorder — and how is it linked to COVID-19
Ninety-day national health emergency in Peru after 182 GBS cases reported since June 2023
COVID-19 vaccine weekly: Sharing doses tops the G7 agenda
Nepal has seen a surge in cases but has only vaccinated 2.5% of its population; Peru has the highest COVID-19 death rate per head of …
Who should or shouldn’t take the COVID-19 vaccine
The demand for vaccination has suddenly grown manifold after the devastating second wave of COVID-19. But there are many myths and misconceptions …
New dengue vaccine provides ray of hope to India
CYD-TDV vaccine protected two out of three volunteers aged 9 years and older against dengue, finds study
Why Maharashtra, Kerala are still adding 2 of 3 new COVID-19 cases in the country
These two states have become the bellwether for what is to come with cases typically rising here before other regions