Month: February 2021

Meghalaya’s caves are some of the longest and deepest in India. Photo by Arkadeep Bhattacharya/Wikimedia Commons.

Rainfall Drops in NE India as Temperature Changes in Indian Ocean

Sahana Ghosh 12/02/2021

Long-term data is needed to better predict and respond...

A view shows damage after a Himalayan glacier broke and crashed into a dam at Raini Chak Lata village in Chamoli district, northern state of Uttarakhand, India, February 7, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

The Data Is Clear: Himalayan Glaciers Are in Distress

Katharina Buchholz 12/02/2021

The World Glacier Monitoring Service supported warning signs about...

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How CMC Vellore Dealt With Shifting Evidence During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Priyanka Pulla 12/02/2021

Priscilla Rupali, who heads CMC Vellore's guideline development team,...

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IIT Kharagpur Study Finds 20% of India Has High Arsenic Levels in Groundwater

Random Forest, an AI model, was used by IIT...

Oliver Zipse, CEO of German luxury carmaker BMW poses with a mask after BMW donated protection masks and gloves to the Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW), as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Munich, Germany, April 8, 2020. Reuters/Andreas Gebert

CDC Study Finds Two Masks Are Better Than One for COVID-19

Wearing double masks blocked 95% of coronavirus sized particles...

A volunteer receives an injection from a medical worker during the country's first human clinical trial for a potential vaccine against the novel coronavirus, at Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto, South Africa. Photo:Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Can Scientists Who Conduct Vaccine Trials Negotiate for Post-Trial Access?

Keymanthri Moodley and Theresa Rossouw 11/02/2021

Post-trial access and benefit sharing should extend to the...

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Bhopal Hospital’s Serious Breach of Covaxin Trial Protocols Could Prove Costly

The Wire Staff 11/02/2021

Serious protocol violations jeopardise Bharat Biotech's assessment of the...