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COVID -19 vaccination drive starts in Delhi

Over 300 Million Indians May Have Had COVID-19: Reports Citing Sero Survey

Krishna N. Das 03/02/2021

The Indian Council of Medical Research said it would...

FILE PHOTO: Health workers collect personal data from a man as they prepare a list during a door-to-door survey on the outskirts of Ahmedabad

Vaccine ‘Hesitancy’ Rises Among Indians as COVID Cases Fall: Survey

Shilpa Jamkhandikar and Krishna N. Das 18/12/2020

A survey by citizen survey platform LocalCircles found that...

A handout photo shows samples of a vaccine against the coronavirus disease developed by the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, in Moscow

Russia to Sell 100 Million Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine to Dr Reddy’s Laboratories

Polina Ivanova 16/09/2020

Russia’s sovereign wealth fund said deliveries of the COVID-19...

COVID-19 testing in Chennai

Five Ways Our Immune Responses to COVID-19 Vaccines Are Unique

Paul Gill and Menno van Zelm 16/09/2020

People’s immune response to a vaccine can vary, and...

The Devices and Drugs Featuring in India’s COVID-19 Response

The Devices and Drugs Featuring in India’s COVID-19 Response

The Wire Staff 09/09/2020

GenePath has become the first private entity in India...

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Bengaluru: After Multiple Cases of Cholera, Authorities Look for Water Contamination

The Wire Staff 10/03/2020

Hospitals are also reporting that numerous patients have cholera-like...

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Public Sector Healthcare Is Dying in India. How Can we Resurrect it?

Vivekanand Jha 15/01/2020

The proposed takeover of government hospitals by private players...