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Our COVID-19 Strategy Depends on the R0 Number. Do We Know the R0 Number?

Atanu Biswas 16/05/2020

Before we draft strategies to contain the virus, we...

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Will COVID-19 Change AYUSH Research in India for the Better?

The Wire Staff 16/05/2020

After a bungled advisory on 'alternative' remedies for COVID-19,...

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Finding Dorothy Hamre, the First Person to Isolate a Strain of a Coronavirus

P. Balaram 15/05/2020

'Who can legitimately claim to be called the discoverer...

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COVID-19: What India’s Testing and Fatality Data Tells Us, In Two Charts

Giridhara R. Babu, Deepa R. and M.D. Madhusudan 15/05/2020

Using data in the public domain, we assembled a...

The spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New Delhi

The Tricky Issue With Knowing How Many Are Dying From COVID-19 in India

Murad Banaji 15/05/2020

In India, not all deaths are registered, and only...

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When a News Article Vanishes, We Have More Than Just a Pandemic to Worry About

Priyanka Pulla 13/05/2020

An article critical of the government's response to COVID-19...

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How a Hospital in the Kashmir Valley Became a Fount of COVID-19 Cases

Mudasir Ahmad 13/05/2020

In the four days between the two deaths due...