COVID-19: Health ministry says less, hides more on cases, deaths

ICMR doing a rethink on HCQ as a preventive drug, says Gangakhedkar

Coronavirus update: Modi talks of Rs 20 lakh cr special package

New set of guidelines for 4th stage of Lockdown before May 18

WATCH: Should you get a booster dose if you are fully vaccinated?

Why have certain countries administered millions of booster doses while India has not?

Simply Put: Shrinking GDP

Coronavirus update: Kejriwal says Modi to extend lockdown

Nearly 250 dead in India

Coronavirus update: More than 200 deaths in India as tally approaches 6,500

Oil producers to cut output

Shortage of cholera vaccines forces WHO to shift to single-dose strategy

More people can be immunised with the temporary single dose

Ebola resurfaces in Democratic Republic of Congo 4 months after outbreak contained

North Kivu in east DRC was declared Ebola-free in May 2021

India administered more COVID-19 vaccine doses than the US

However, only 4% of the Indian population has got both doses so far

COVID-19 Update: Weekend curfew declared in Delhi

Curfew declared over the weekend in Delhi due to rising number of COVID-19 cases

Gender-based violence prevalent in eastern, southern Africa during COVID-19 pandemic: Report

Violence against women with disabilities was found to be even higher in the region

COVID-19: Strict measures can’t prevent Odisha’s 4th case

Had a travel history to Dubai, contacts being tracked, said officials

COVID-19: Nigeria steps up measures, closes borders

With 65 positive cases, it is the ninth-most affected country in Africa

Coronavirus update: Rajasthan lock-down

India tally at 315: ICMR

COVID-19’s important lesson: Living with little

Learning to live with little is not living in poverty, but to cook and eat what is required, reducing gluttony and wasting little

COVID-19: Thousands pushed to starvation due to faulty biometric system in Bihar

Poor, elderly not able to match fingerprints on system, not getting food grain as a result

Why Ebola is back in Guinea and why the response must be different this time

The virus is always present in nature and, when circumstances allow, may jump from one species to another

COVID-19 policy briefs must be realistic: A review by young southern African scientists

The young scientists highlighted the need for policies that are appropriate for people’s real lives

Oxford COVID vaccine authorised in the UK – global health expert on why this is a key moment

To know the impact of the Oxford vaccine, we’ll have to wait and see. However, amid the intense doom and gloom of 2020, having multiple …

When do politicians get to think?

The people’s representative is facing a paradox: Of keeping away from people due to COVID-19. A good vision is needed to make good politics

Global Risks Report 2022: What does it mean for the environment

The 17th edition of the Global Risks Perception Survey has ranked ‘climate action failure’ as the number one risk, with potentially …

Phonological problems: Why the name of a COVID-19 vaccine matters

The issue of nomenclature and confusion due to sound-alike and name-alike vaccines doesn’t find any mention in Covid-19 vaccination strategy;…

Humidity levels decide the transmission of bird flu: study

While absolute humidity drives influenza across latitudes, temperature modulates the effect

Pandemic preparedness: Global spending needs 500 years to match COVID-19 rout

New report by WHO arm calls for robust global governance for preparedness to prevent the next pandemic

COVID-19: Why are the migrant workers so desperate to move out?

Partition migration was triggered by a newly drawn line between two nations whereas the present exodus highlights another kind of divide, within …