COVID-19 may already have killed 650,000 people in India through May 5: Report
Real death toll due to COVID-19 in India could be thrice the government figure, a new report has said
COVID-19 in India: an unfolding humanitarian crisis
The world needs all the vaccines it can get, so factors such as equity of distribution and public confidence have to be addressed to ensure that …
COVID is officially no longer a global health emergency — here’s what that means
COVID will still have pandemic status, and countries will continue to have their own authority as to whether to treat COVID as an emergency …
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 …
New sublineages of Omicron’s BA.2 detected in India: How the virus has evolved over time
Sublineages might be behind recent rise in COVID-19 cases
How drug companies are sidestepping the WHO’s technology transfer hub in Africa
The actions of BioNTech and Moderna will prolong the social and economic costs of the pandemic
India used 2% of COVID-19 stimulus funds on green projects, spent more on coal subsidies: Study
Stimulus funds gave countries an opportunity to push toward greener economies. Yet, many governments have failed to make the switch, the authors …
Neanderthal-inherited gene variant helps in protecting against severe COVID-19: Study
A protective Neanderthal-derived haplotype confers approximately 23% reduced risk of becoming critically ill on infection with SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19 is now in 706 of 733 districts of India
The virus has so far not been detected in 14 districts in Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland, and 10 districts of Telangana
Women less likely to receive COVID-19 relief from government: UN Women report
At least 29% of working mothers living with children lost their jobs compared to only 20% of working men living with children; single women …
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, …
Omicron: South Africa health minister declares 4th wave of COVID-19
Joe Phaahla said there was a much steeper upward curve than had been seen in the last three waves
How Peru became the country with the highest COVID-19 death rate in the world
A fairly limited social security and fragile healthcare system meant Peru was not prepared to deal with a rise in COVID-19 cases
COVID-19 blow to diabetes care: Africa cases to more than double
Ahead of World Diabetes Day, WHO urged governments to invest in diagnosis, health worker training to prevent surge
G20 Summit: 7 COVID-19 deaths every minute, rich countries urged to share soon-expiring vaccines
By the end of October, US, EU, Britain and Canada would have a stock of 240 million unused vaccines
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
A look at India’s flawed public health policies through COVID-19’s prism
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed many glaring loopholes in the implementation of public health management in India. Read on to know what they are
COVID-19: Cuttack’s silver filigree artists stare at a bleak future
The cottage industry is estimated to have taken a hit of Rs 20 crore in 2020 and losses keep mounting this year
COVID-19: Child immunisation pushed back by years in India during 2020
As many as 23 million children across the world did not get routine vaccines, according to WHO-Unicef analysis
WHO adds another lifesaving drug to the list of COVID-19 medicines
When administered, tocilizumab and sarilumab reduce the odds of death by 13 per cent, compared to standard care
COVID-19: A viral change in the regime
The pandemic has brought out not only many socio-economic and political fault lines in global governance, but also in individual countries
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 …
Re-design health innovation ecosystem for the common good: WHO
WHO’s Council on the Economics of Health for All issues brief on equitable health innovation
COVID-19 killed more people in 16 months than natural disasters in 20 years
No disaster has killed more than 3 million people in recent history and in such a short time period
‘Unfavourable weather’ adds to worries of Bihar’s litchi farmers recovering from 2020 losses
High temperatures throughout March and heatwaves and hailstorms predicted for April and May might hit yield