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How the world recovered from past pandemics

July 4, 2022

As experts across the globe deliberate over the best and worst-case scenarios for recovery from the COVID-19 outbreak, Jisha Krishnan looks at what history has...

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In remote Ladakh, a red zone village is coping with COVID-19

July 4, 2022

The cold, sparsely populated desert region has recorded 14 cases so far. Eight of them have been cured and discharged. There has been no death in the region...

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How India is averting the 400-million-cases disaster

July 4, 2022

Academic and popular media papers estimate India’s COVID-19 numbers to scale up to 400 million infected cases. However, data shows that India may be successful...

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The need for the CoronaCare Hospital

July 4, 2022

Dr. Karan Thakur argues that given the advances in hospital design and architecture, it is possible to create modular health infrastructure – a hospital...

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Decoding COVID-19 fears in people with diabetes

July 4, 2022

High blood glucose levels can subdue immunity. Hence, good glucose control is important for reducing both, the risk for and severity of COVID-19, writes Dr. M...

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Ramp up respiratory care infrastructure to combat COVID-19

July 4, 2022

Given the decades of under-investment in the public health system and social health, India needs to swiftly marshal financial and human resources to tackle the...

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Coronavirus situation less severe in India than was feared: Lancet

July 4, 2022

As coronavirus pandemic sweeps across the globe, an edit published in The Lancet speaks positively about India’s timely decision to close its...

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Insights from the internet: Where are the latest numbers on Covid-19?

July 4, 2022

Our analysis of Google search trends further shows that people are most interested in getting the latest COVID-statistics at the local-level, but their...

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Insights from the internet: A look at search trends for COVID-19 treatments

July 4, 2022

As the race to finding a cure for COVID-19 intensifies, online search trends can shed light on what is catching the public eye and help in debunking...

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The knockdown effect of the lockdown

July 4, 2022

In China, domestic violence has nearly doubled since the lockdown, while Australia has reported an increase of about 70 percent in such cases. Globally, stay...