What steps must be taken to secure oxygen – for COVID-19 patients and into the future
COVID-19 is a long-game; the best time to start implementing effective oxygen systems may have been several years ago, but the next best time is now
Air pollution in India has caused losses of up to Rs 7 lakh crore annually
Losses caused by air pollution in India annually are 3% of its 2019 GDP and twice its annual public health expenditure, according to a new report
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
‘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
Predicting epidemics isn’t easy. We’ve created a global dataset to help
A better understanding of how different infectious diseases spread across countries can help establish early warning mechanisms and response protocols
Antibiotic use in animals, humans can trigger AMR in each other: study establishes links
Reciprocity of antimicrobial consumption and resistance between animals and humans emphasises the need for integrated strategies to stop …
Safer Internet Day 2023: How long will our children surf in murky waters?
Findings of a study conducted by CRY and CNLU published days ahead of the Safer Internet Day found that the online perpetrators made the most of …
Long COVID stemmed from mild cases of COVID-19 in most people, according to a new multicountry study
Long COVID is defined as the continuation or development of symptoms three months after the initial infection from SARS-CoV-2
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
COVID-19 did originate in Wuhan’s Huanan seafood market: Studies
Understanding the origin of what led to such a scale of devastation is critical in preventing future pandemics
Is the COVID-19 vaccine story over?
India claims vaccines are no longer an issue in the battle against COVID-19, but a host of developing nations would disagree
World is not doing enough to end hunger by 2030: UN
Food inflation on unprecedented rise triggered by COVID-19 pandemic, Russia-Ukraine war
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;…
Designing infectious disease warnings that work
Most infectious disease warning systems have been set up to fail as they focus on science, not people.
Why India needs to bring back nature-positive farming
The pandemic showed that human interventions in natural processes can have disastrous consequences; we should now scale up natural-positive food …
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 …
How Radio Dhimsa is helping Odisha's tribal students tide over digital divide
The station broadcasts educational content to over 2,000 students of classes 1-5 in 62 villages
Life or livelihood: COVID-19 second wave puts up tough choice for Himachal farmers
Farmers caught between life and livelihood as second wave coincides with the year’s only farming season
India’s deep economic paralysis just set in
Amid the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, India enters into a situation that currently looks unimaginably distressed.
COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution: An opportunity to revive the public health sector
The WHO has developed a framework for the production and distribution of vaccines. But the developed countries and their vaccine manufacturers, …
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 …
Union Budget 2021-22: Taxing the working class while corporates profit from COVID-19 pandemic
The assumption that the government is making is that we are where we were one year ago. This is a false claim
Results from Novavax vaccine trials in the UK and South Africa differ: why, and does it matter?
The efficacy of the vaccine was 89 per cent in United Kingdom and 60 per cent in South Africa
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