India promotes vaccine inequity in the midst of the pandemic
The April 19 announcement of the roll-out of vaccines in the third phase, wherein anyone above 18 years is eligible
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Pandemic
Cannot emphatically say India has passed the COVID-19 peak
In a conversation, Dr. Gautam Menon, Professor of Physics and Biology at Ashoka University and co-author of COVID-19 modelling studies,
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Pandemic causes 25% dip in TB notifications in India
While India accounts for 26% of TB cases in the world, the TB notifications during the period January-June 2020 in
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Can we rely on natural herd immunity to end COVID-19 pandemic?
All previous influenza pandemics — 1918 Spanish flu, 1957 Asian flu, 1968 Hong Kong influenza, and 2009 H1N1 — came
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Coronavirus: U.S. halting funding for WHO will have disastrous consequences
Faulting the WHO for imaginary failings cannot help Mr. Trump wash his hands of many administrative failures in containing the
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Coronavirus: Trump finds a scapegoat in WHO
After blaming coronavirus as democrats’ new hoax, and calling the microbe as “China virus”, WHO has now become Mr. Trump’s
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War against coronavirus should not acquire a religious colour
The large religious congregation held in mid-March by Tablighi Jamaat Nizamuddin in Delhi has turned into a large cluster of
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China reports zero cases on three days, is it just a blip?
China had zero cases on March 18-20, but one local transmission on March 21. The turnaround in China comes at
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Epicentre of COVID-19 pandemic shifts to Europe
Besides Italy, Spain, Germany and France reporting very high number of cases, all other countries in Europe have recorded at
Read MoreH1N1 is back with a vengence
So far this year, 12,500 people have been infected with the influenza A (H1N1) virus in India, of which 600
Read MoreNew way to develop influenza A vaccine
Precious time lost in developing an effective vaccine against influenza A viruses that jump from animals to humans and spread
Read MoreEditorial: Thinking after acting
Published in The Hindu on December 26, 2011 The United States government, which funded two teams of scientists to research
Read MoreEditorial: WHO and conflicts of interest
Published in The Hindu on June 14, 2010 A year after the World Health Organisation declared an Influenza A(H1N1) pandemic,
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