Amid the reports of surge in new COVID cases in China, social media has flooded with scary pictures of overburdened hospital beds, piled-up bodies, and

A new subtype of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 was discovered in China on Sunday, with 2089 new local infections reported this morning; the most

On Thursday, the World Health Organization indicated that India witnessed 47.4 lakh “excess deaths” related to COVID-19 in the country, between 2020 and 2021, which

As India witnesses a steady decline in COVID cases with the number at its lowest in 662 days on Tuesday, eminent virologist Dr T Jacob

In its first revelation on the matter, the central government said on Wednesday that more than 8,000 people committed suicide due to financial crises in

Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned that more variants of the novel coronavirus can emerge, and that

Responding to a petition seeking ease of access to inoculation of persons with disabilities (PwDs), the Centre has informed the Supreme Court that no guidelines

During an international health crisis involving the highly infectious Omicron strain of COVID, French scientists discovered another strain of the virus that contains 46 mutations.

On Tuesday, the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) European chief Dr Hans Kluge warned that COVID-19 cases would surge as Omicron spreads. He also advised that

Compared to other African countries, only about 3 percent of Nigeria’s 200 million strong population has received a full course of COVID vaccines. According to

Despite being one of the leading manufacturers of COVID-19 vaccines, India has delayed committing its supplies to the World Health Organization-backed COVAX global sharing effort,

COVID-19 has induced burdens of morbidity and mortality by crashing societies and economies around. One of the biggest roadblocks seen in the recovery from the

While most central universities in Delhi like the Jawaharlal Nehru University and Delhi University have initiated phase-wise re-opening of physical classes, the Jamia Millia Islamia

A recent study on COVID-19 misinformation has unveiled the rampant spread of social media misinformation on the pandemic in India. The study conducted by Md.

India’s fight against the pandemic has come a long way, achieving low daily numbers for COVID infections and deaths. Yet, we have still managed to

Kerala has had a different strategy for dealing with the pandemic. Initially, during the first wave, the state was known for adapting an efficient game

Last Thursday, the US news media company CNN fired three employees who reportedly violated its company policy by coming to work unvaccinated against the COVID-19

COVID-19 cases have fallen by 10 percent but the consequences of the virus are still burdening people. While the government has launched many schemes to

The government has requested that the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) set up a framework for electronic vaccination vouchers. These vouchers will function similar

The US National Institute of Health (NIH) on Wednesday said that India-made Covaxin is effective against the Delta variant of Covid-19. NIH said in a

India has been reporting an increase in cases of the Delta plus variant of COVID-19 over the past week. The health ministry, on Friday, said

A housing society in Mumbai’s Kandivali neighbourhood has filed a police report alleging that it was duped by people contending to represent a private hospital

The union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presided over the 44th GST council meeting, discussing the issue of tax waiver for COVID essentials.

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, is expected to consider a GST rate reduction for COVID-19 relief essentials

The world has seen the novel coronavirus mutate faster than expected since the offset of the pandemic in 2019, resulting in a spike in the

Recently, a doctor in Hojai area of Assam was remorselessly assaulted, punched and thrashed using metal utensils, bricks and trash cans. The violence broke out

At a time when the country is still battling the second COVID-19 wave, health experts are urging that the country should be ready for the