Priyanka Pulla

Healthcare workers write down details of residents in a slum during a check-up camp for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Mumbai

COVID-19 Vaccine: What We Stand to Lose If ICMR Gets Its ‘Express’ Clinical Trial

Priyanka Pulla 06/07/2020

While we urgently need a COVID-19 vaccine, experts are...

FILE PHOTO: NHS staff at antibody testing hub run by the West Midlands Ambulance service

COVID-19: ICMR Says It Mistakenly Inflated Accuracy of Its Antibody Test Kits

Priyanka Pulla 12/06/2020

Without accounting for the kit's limitations, there is a...

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

In New Advisory, ICMR Renews Hydroxychloroquine Use as Evidence Remains Lax

Vasudevan Mukunth 23/05/2020

The new advisory presents subpar evidence on hydroxhloroquine's efficacy...

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India Set up a Code to Use Experimental Drugs in an Outbreak – Then Ignored It

Priyanka Pulla 07/05/2020

Any experimental use of a drug during an outbreak...

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...

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Watch | Coronavirus Updates, April 7: Hydroxychloroquine and the Coronavirus, Explained

Pawanjot Kaur 07/04/2020

Why has the ICMR recommended it? And why does...