Thousands of seafarers working for months are unable to return home due to the lockdowns
COVID-19: Madhya Pradesh reels under ventilator shortage
कोरोना महामारी : ज्यादा हाथ धोने से भारत में पैदा हो सकता है जलसंकट
COVID-19: Centre tells SC 30% migrants on move may have virus
लॉकडाउन में मुर्गियों को नहीं मिल रहा है दाना, 1.5 करोड़ मुर्गियों को मारने के लिए मांगी इजाजत
दाना नहीं मिलने से जींद और बरवाला में मुर्गियां मरने लग…
मोदी जी, आपने महामारी को भी इवेंट बना दिया
प्रधानमंत्री का राष्ट्र के नाम संबोधन आर्थिक रूप से उबा…
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 …
COVID-19: Has Big Pharma enabled the rise of omicron
Major drug companies do not want to share the know-how for their vaccines; uneven global vaccine access is now resulting in …
COVID-19: Cases, positivity rate soar in Kolkata after Christmas revelry
The positivity rate in the city rose from 3.2 per cent in early December to 5.5 per cent on December 28
We are not at peace with nature
What can I wish for in the middle of a pandemic? It is not going to be a “new” year if we continue with our foolish ways of managing …
How effective are vaccines against omicron? An epidemiologist answers 6 questions
Melissa Hawkinsan epidemiologist, explains the way researchers calculate how well a vaccine prevents disease, what influences these numbers and …
Designing infectious disease warnings that work
Most infectious disease warning systems have been set up to fail as they focus on science, not people.
बराबर नहीं हर एक लिए व्यथा की अभिव्यक्ति
हर किसी के लिए कोरोना की आप बीती अलग रही है, इसलिए हर कोई अ…
When schools rose to the challenge of COVID-19
Schools provide the required emergency infrastructure and function more than learning ecosystems; Long-term investments in schooling …
COVID-19 has hit India’s urban poor more than those in villages: Report
Urban poor have seen a decline in income and have been left more hungry, though this was not the case earlier
पतंजलि की दवा को सरकार की हरी झंडी, लेकिन ये सवाल हैं बाकी
आयुष मंत्रालय का कहना है कि दवा केवल इम्युनिटी बढ़ाने क…
इम्युनिटी के बारे में कितना जानते हैं आप?
हकीकत यह है कि हम प्रतिरक्षा (इम्युनिटी) के बारे में बेहद…
World Health Assembly: Taiwan becomes a hot potato again
Down To Earth brings you latest updates from the ongoing session of the World Health Assembly in Geneva
COVID-19: India set to overtake China's total tally
Country to be among the most affected; upward trend in number of deaths, infections continue
New ‘highly infectious’ Omicron strains scare China
BF.7 variant was first detected in the northwestern region of China and has spread fast to the southern side
Is India's public health infrastructure ready to tackle the second COVID-19 wave? Here's what data says
Government hospitals in Maharashtra added just 672 ICU beds between April 2020 and January 2021
COVID-19 second wave: Workers from Bihar return home fearing lockdown
They are wary of a repeat of last year’s situation when thousands of them had to walk back home
‘Second wave more severe in Nigeria; third wave imminent if COVID-19 rules not followed’
Pandemic badly affected basic healthcare delivery; poorly analysed data obstructs clarity on extent of situation, says virologist Oyewole Tomori
A year since lockdown: What went on in the minds of Indian children and how did they cope?
A little less than half the respondents said the pandemic made them feel worried or bored
Scientific innovation in 2021: Lessons from COVID-19
One of the bigger learnings of 2020 was that it takes time, planning, trust and bringing together of resources as well as knowledge to manage a …