COVID-19: Exercise restraint, stay at home to fight pandemic, urges PM
Health ministry refuses to clear air over Tamil Nadu ‘community transmission’
A 2015-like swine flu outbreak might be on the anvil
A major outbreak can be inferred from its rapid spread towards the northern states which have not been highly affected by the virus in the past …
Zika has unborn victims in Madhya Pradesh
As India fights its first Zika outbreak, Down To Earth finds a grievously unprepared response system in virus-hit districts of Vidisha and Bhopal …
COVID-19: Will Bengal come out of Pujo season unscathed
The Calcutta High Court was forced to step in to bar people from pandals; but is it enough?
‘Exiting COVID-19 lockdown needs robust disease surveillance’
If the virus spreads to rural areas and the Hindi heartland, we may have a peak much later, T Sundararaman, former dean at the Tata …
COVID-19: Who do you blame a pandemic on?
The role of global economic structures that fomented this pandemic is obscured behind our small indignations
Why COVID-19 will not kill off global business travel
In medium term, life sciences companies will continue to expand and view travel as a vital channel for maintaining new business in markets
Book Digest: Stories of women in leadership, trends empowering them and more
From accounts of the Spanish Flu to COVID-19, DTE tracks contemporary books on development from leading authors
WHO launches global facility for pathogen storage, sharing and analysis
The sharing of pathogens is currently done bilaterally between countries; WHO BioHub will expedite the process
Existing polio vaccines may not always prevent infection
Antibodies normally produced in response to infection are unable to block mutant polio virus
3 years of pandemic: I am still dealing with the havoc COVID wreaked on my health
Down To Earth reporter recounts his harrowing experience of dealing with post-COVID illnesses
WHO’s updated priority pathogen list to be out by early 2023
The current list includes COVID-19, Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, Ebola and Marburg
Kerala HC directs NDMA to formulate compensation policy for those dying due to COVID-19 vaccine
The order was passed September 1 and a time frame of three months has been set; the move sets a precedent since no such policy has been …
COVID-19 update: India education ministry cancels board exams for Class X
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath, Delhi transport minister Kailash Gehlot test positive for virus
State of India’s Environment 2021: People and planet in peril
COVID-19 may become endemic, or will continue to erupt but in limited ways in certain geographies. But its trails are already disrupting the …
West Bengal rolls out COVID-19 vaccines even as politics creeps in
Political parties blame each other of ‘vaccine theft’ in the poll-bound state
Cyclone Gati spurs locust outbreak threat in Somalia
Gati, the strongest tropical cyclone ever measured Somalia, made landfall on November 22, 2020
Lessons learnt tackling COVID-19 can be used in global AMR response: Report
Increased investment, availability and accessibility of health infrastructure and global cooperation key to tackling AMR, it says
A humble recipe of 3 spices to slacken COVID-19 scare
There is urgent need to focus on alternative, easily available sources; natural products consumed as spices and food can be a better choice
Recognise ASHA workers’ COVID-19 work, ensure their well-being: Report
Their experiences should be incorporated into policymaking; they should be integrated into health system, it added
COVID-19: Trump’s promise fuels anti-vaxx movement
Anti-vaccine theories inspire fear in the general population, undermining a coordinated effort to defeat the virus
First 2 phases of Russian vaccine trial indicate safety and efficacy: Study
Two formulations of the vaccine have been developed: One could be introduced through global supply chain and other in hard-to-reach regions
Cipla set to launch repurposed drug Favipiravir for COVID-19: CSIR
An off-patent anti-viral, Favipiravir was originally discovered by Fujifilm group, Japan and has shown promise in treatment of COVID-19
COVID-19: ‘Bengal hospitals turning into epicentres of novel coronavirus’
At least 80 healthcare workers, including 38 doctors, have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in the state
Has COVID-19 lockdown really helped Yamuna health in Delhi?
Domestic sewage comprises 80% of pollution load and continues to get discharged into the river