Priyanka Pulla

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The Curious Case of the Deaths That Weren’t Due to COVID-19

Priyanka Pulla 17/03/2020

Indian government agencies have often deployed syntactic tricks to...

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India’s Hospitals Have an Infection Problem. Could Accreditation Be the Way to Go?

Priyanka Pulla 12/03/2020

Experts say it is time to make quality accreditation...

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Explainer: Why Is Multi-Drug Resistance a Problem?

Priyanka Pulla 12/03/2020

This is the first of two explainers associated with...

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Explainer: What Is a Healthcare-Associated Infection?

Priyanka Pulla 12/03/2020

This is the first of two explainers associated with...

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As Paranoia Goes Viral in Govt Health Circles, Testing Labs Face the Heat

Priyanka Pulla 10/02/2020

Experts have rubbished government officials' allegations that, thanks to...

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Why India Should Worry About the New Coronavirus

Priyanka Pulla 30/01/2020

When novel viruses like the 2019 nCoV appear, there...

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A Mystique Among Microbes

Priyanka Pulla 10/08/2017

Melioidosis is the stuff of tragedy. The bacterium that...