Month: May 2021

A municipal worker sprays disinfectant on the bodies of victims who died due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a crematorium in New Delhi

India’s COVID-19 Death Reporting is Broken But Here’s How to Fix It

Aashish Gupta, Dhanya Rajendran and Rukmini S. 11/05/2021

Journalists are turning to novel sources, but they need...

A couple mourns as they stand next to the funeral pyre of a relative who died due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a crematorium in New Delhi

India COVID: WHO Calls B.1.617 a ‘Variant of Global Concern’

Reuters 11/05/2021

The seven-day average of new cases is at a...

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Why India’s Forest Rights Act Is the Most Viable Forest Conservation Law

C.R. Bijoy 11/05/2021

Making a mockery of forest laws is nothing new...

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Mumbai

‘Black Fungus’ Complication Adds to India’s COVID-19 Woes

Manas Mishra and Kannaki Deka 11/05/2021

Mucormycosis is strongly linked to diabetes – and diabetes...

People pray after applying cow dung on their bodies during "cow dung therapy" on outskirts of Ahmedabad

India Doctors Warn Against Cow Dung as COVID-19 Cure

Amit Dave 11/05/2021

In Gujarat, some believers have been going to cow...

Convalescent plasma from a recovered coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient at Bloodworks Northwest during the outbreak in Seattle

COVID: Public Health Experts Pen Concerns About Plasma to PSA VijayRaghavan

The Wire Staff 11/05/2021

Public health experts have been becoming more concerned about...

A medical worker stands next to an oxygen cylinder at the Yatharth Hospital in Noida

When Delhi Gasps for Oxygen, Not All Hospitals Are Equally Affected

Shahana Sheikh 11/05/2021

On May 5, the average oxygen reserves at Central...