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Tracking COVID-19: 5 graphs that explain the outbreak in India

June 5, 2020

In India, the growth of coronavirus infections is outpacing the surge in testing – tests have doubled since April, but cases have leaped fourfold. Here are...

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Viral Outbreaks: Past encounters

May 29, 2020

The world has endured multiple viral outbreaks that have cost more human lives than the third iteration of the coronavirus. While COVID-19 is unprecedented, it...

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Tobacco Toll: Death by numbers

May 29, 2020

May 31st is observed as World No Tobacco Day. Here’s looking at the mortality rates and health risks due to the tobacco epidemic in the South-East Asian...

In Focus

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

May 22, 2020

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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Decoding the shortage of doctors in India

April 24, 2020

Only eleven among India’s 28 states meet the WHO recommendation of 1:1000 doctor to population ratio, while none in the public healthcare sector manage to make...

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Lessons India can learn from Wuhan’s experience of ventilators

April 24, 2020

Based on the data released by China, ventilators played a crucial role in saving lives of critically-ill COVID-19 patients. Now, as the number of cases surge...

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OP-ED

The quest for something old, something new

April 9, 2020

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The discourse around the COVID-19 pandemic has been fraught with the concept of ‘new normal’ and preparedness for the same. But isn’t normalcy a relative...