covid-19 pandemic

Drones fly over the Han river showing messages to support the country as measures to avoid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continue in Seoul

Why Preparations for the Next Pandemic Must Begin Now

Sayan Das 21/08/2020

While everything from bacteria to ticks can cause the...

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COVID-19’s Symptoms Are Milder Than SARS – There’s a Downside to That

Atanu Biswas 21/08/2020

The death rate for SARS, MERS and Ebola were...

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

FDA’s Emergency Approval of Blood Plasma as COVID-19 Treatment on Hold

Reuters 19/08/2020

A group of top federal health officials, including Anthony...

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‘Didn’t Estimate Need for Liquid Oxygen’: Minister Sudhakar K. on Shortage at KIMS

Prajwal Bhat 19/08/2020

Health authorities were briefed at 4 pm on Monday...

Wider Image: Last doctor standing: Pandemic pushes Indian hospital to brink

Suicides Among Doctors Were Too Common in India. Then the Pandemic Came.

Joel P. Joseph 19/08/2020

As India groans under the weight of COVID-19, another...

FILE PHOTO: Medical staff with protective clothing are seen inside a ward specialised in receiving any person who may have been infected with coronavirus, at the Rajiv Ghandhi Government General hospital in Chennai

By Neglecting Public Health, Govts in India Have Abandoned Their Responsibility

V. Gopala Gowda and Gunjan Jena 19/08/2020

The coronavirus crisis has exposed the weaknesses in the...

A healthcare worker checks the temperature of a resident during a medical campaign for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a slum area in Mumbai

What Pune’s Sero-Survey Does and Doesn’t Tell Us About Its COVID-19 Epidemic

Murad Banaji 18/08/2020

The seroprevalence survey was carried out in five of...