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Climate change: A health challenge even as India struggles in pandemic

India, along with other countries, will have to expand surveillance activities to detect the shifting patterns of diseases, according to emerging research

SP Balasubrahmanyam on ventilator, ECMO support; 'stable', says hospital

Balasubrahmanyam was closely being monitored by its multidisciplinary clinical team, the hospital treating the 74-year-old musician said.

DATA STORY: Over 1 mn tests in a day, coronavirus tally up by nearly 70k

India now accounts for 10.56% of all active cases globally (one in every 9 active cases), and 6.95% of all deaths (one in every 14)

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Why decongesting prisons may not be enough

Nashik stands out on safety measures, effect of new paediatric illness linked to Covid, and why swab method for sample collection may not be the best--news on how India is coping with the pandemic

For millions of migrant workers, Covid-19 brought caste discrimination back

While the pandemic has destroyed livelihoods worldwide, leaving people without jobs, some of biggest hits are likely to be taken by families in countries like India that have few social safety nets

DATA STORY: India sees biggest single-day jump in cured coronavirus cases

With 62,282 new recoveries, the most in a day so far, India's recovery rate has increased to 74.30%, while death rate has come down to 1.89%

Can Australian govt force its people to get Covid vaccine under the law?

The right to bodily integrity is a fundamental legal principle in Australia. This means a person cannot be subject to medical treatment without consent

DATA STORY: Nearly 70k coronavirus cases added in biggest single-day spike

India now accounts for 10.59% of all active cases globally (one in every 9 active cases), and 6.81% of all deaths (one in every 15)

World Coronavirus Dispatch: US share buybacks cut in half by pandemic

German rail slammed for withholding data, UK govt faces more heat after latest school exam problem, How Indonesia failed to control coronavirus and other pandemic-related news across the globe

Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny in ICU after 'poisoning'

Alexei Navalny felt unwell on a flight back to Moscow from Tomsk, says his spokesperson

Personal healthcare and medical insurance ad volumes up amidst pandemic

Brands feel it is a good time to advertise anything and everything connected to well-being

Pranab Mukherjee's health declines, develops lung infection: Army Hospital

The 84-year-old former president, who was admitted to the hospital in Delhi Cantonment on August 10, continues to be on ventilatory support, doctors attending to him said

Airborne influenza viruses may spread on dust, fibres, particles: Study

Transmission via dust opens up whole new areas of investigation, say researchers

Covid-19 Factoid: India's active cases see a drop for the 2nd time in Aug

Daily active case additions have hovered around the 2,000 mark but had been negative on August 5 previously

Covid vaccine is first step. It'll take years to manufacture and distribute

One estimate puts global vaccine production capacity at up to 6.4 billion doses per year, though this is based on single-dose influenza vaccines.

BS READS: National Digital Health Mission - 2 yrs in making, seen as healthcare's UPI

PM Narendra Modi flagged off the initiative on the occasion of India's 74th Independence Day

Are you doing OK? On the ground with NYC's coronavirus contact tracers

Contact tracing is a time-honored public health technique, but the pandemic is putting it to a grueling new test around the world

DATA STORY: India's coronavirus death toll tops 50,000; UP replaces Delhi as 5th-worst-hit state

India now accounts for 10.43% of all active cases globally (one in every 10 active cases), and 6.59% of all deaths (one in every 15)

UK plans new specialist pandemic response health institute: Report

The UK government is planning to replace Public Health England (PHE) with a new specialist pandemic response insititute based on a German model in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Brazil may emerge as new vaccine laboratory

South Africa lifts lockdown curbs after infections fall, fresh spike in Ireland, major study finds 3.4 mn in England had Covid-19, and other pandemic-related news across the globe