Explainer: How is Tomato flu different from other viral fevers?

August 30, 2022

There is no swab or blood test to confirm Tomato fever. But as the clinical presentation is similar to Dengue, COVID and Chikungunya, clinicians may do tests...

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COVID-19 vaccines saved over 19 million lives

August 29, 2022

Dr Oliver J Watson and colleagues, in their study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, concluded that in 185 countries and territories, 31.4 million...

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Long COVID’s debilitating effects

August 19, 2022

Between 7.7 and 23 million Americans suffer from Long COVID, and roughly one million people are unable to work due to it at any given time People with Long...

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Azithromycin is new paracetamol in India

August 13, 2022

Despite the studies to the contrary, the drug has caught on as a default treatment option for Covid-19 in the country. Azithromycin is now considered the most...

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Fact-check: Mother’s milk no substitute for vaccines

August 5, 2022

Vaccines are the most useful and lifesaving inventions in medical history. Beware of baseless claims that try to create panic and spread unscientific views on...

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Air-ambulance demand soars in India as COVID -19 lockdown curbs intensify

July 7, 2022

Once considered to be an elite service in Indian healthcare delivery system, air-ambulances have come to rescue stranded patients during COVID-19 lockdown...

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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...