COVID-19: An infected person may infect others till 22 days
According to a new Lancet study, the average time from onset to death is 18 days
Simply put: The parasite
The neuroscience of terrorism: how we convinced a group of radicals to let us scan their brains
A study of two brains in Barcelona between 2014 and 2017
Simply put: Bee apocalypse
World’s working-age population growing slowest in over 2 decades
The unemployment rate will continue to be high for years to come
The Trillion Dollar Shift
Over the past 30 years, the world has seen great social improvements.
On the verge of water crisis
Ten metropolitan cities of the world that are on the verge of an imminent water crisis
Year of electors
In 2018, close to half of the world's population will vote for their governments
Seeing the Light: The Case for Nuclear Power in the 21st Century
Nuclear power is not an option for the future but an absolute necessity.
Vertical velocity
Why does development have to mean only "citifying"?
The global green garb
Gay ire
Bad word
Vault the truth
Second anti-malaria vaccine for children approved by WHO
Global health body also recommends vaccines for dengue and meningitis
G20 health ministers prioritise, commit to tackling AMR with One Health approach
The ministers also recognised the need for developing novel antimicrobials
Sub-Saharan Africa might need nearly a century to achieve gender parity: Global Gender Gap Report
Gender equality in the region may not be fully realised until 2125
Unusually warm January in Europe; record temperature in many countries: WMO
Conditions caused by warm air from north-west Africa
A dangerous pesticide isn’t being monitored in key bird of prey populations — we’re shedding light on that gap
DDT monitoring in raptors is heavily biased toward the global north
Russia-Ukraine conflict pushing world towards clean energy, finds World Energy Outlook 2022
Switch to renewables means natural gas no longer a viable transition fuel
World Mental Health Day: WHO-FIFA installs friendship benches to promote mental-health awareness
Project focuses on sports’ role in promoting mental well-being
COVID-19: Testing rates declining globally challenge for tracking trajectory, says WHO
Low testing rates also limit access to effective new antivirals
WHO chief stands uncontested for upcoming director general elections
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is currently backed by 28 of 192 member states
WHO calls for moratorium on booster till 2021-end, ‘additional’ dose for high risk population
Currently, 20 per cent of the available vaccines are being used as boosters
Pangolins in Cameroon are on the verge of extinction
At least 400,000 pangolins are hunted and consumed in central Africa every year