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Laura Ng is pictured with her hydroxychloroquine prescription during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Seattle

ICMR’s Latest Clarification on Its Hydroxychloroquine Policy Is Just Baffling

Priyanka Pulla 19/04/2020

The chief epidemiologist of the nodal body leading India's...

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COVID-19 in India: A Curious Case of Missing Numbers

C.P. Geevan 17/04/2020

There are no known reasons for why the disease's...

FILE PHOTO: Researchers set up new labs to help fight coronavirus at the University of Minnesota

Why India’s Stated Policy on Hydroxychloroquine Makes No Sense

Priyanka Pulla 14/04/2020

The ICMR's reasoning for why it is recommending hydroxychloroquine...

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COVID-19: What Are Serological Tests, and How Can They Help India?

Deepak Natarajan 05/04/2020

Serological tests are substantially cheaper than the genetic test...

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India Needs to Quickly Retrain, Re-Skill Healthcare Workers to Fight the Pandemic

Sambit Dash 26/03/2020

While short term courses can't create an ICU interventionist,...

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In Major Revision, ICMR Expands Case Definition for COVID-19 Tests

The Wire Staff 21/03/2020

It remains unclear why the ICMR expanded its case...

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Public Health Needs the Public, Modiji, but it Also Needs the Government

Vasudevan Mukunth and Siddharth Varadarajan 19/03/2020

In a televised address on March 20, Prime Minister...