Monkeypox: Monitoring, awareness keys to control, says expert
The monkeypox virus has spread to over 75 countries, including India, infecting over 16,000 people globally. The World Health Organization has termed it a global health emergency
Omicron-specific vaccines: can be helpful, but needs a global policy, experts opine
Ever since Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech have started the variant-specific vaccine’s clinical trials, the international community of researchers and scientists are arguing about the necessity, need or sustainability of such variant-specific vaccines
China’s vaccine project offers new prospects of global collaboration
Vaccines by the Chinese firms Sinopharm and Sinovac are being administered across the world on terms far more favorable than those of US and UK-based pharma giants
COVID-19: Top scientists explain how India can tackle a possible third wave
India has to scale up testing, isolating and sequencing along with vaccination and decentralized critical care to face large-scale future outbreaks, say experts
COVID-19: 5 vaccine candidates offer sign of hope?
Dr. Satyajit Rath and Newsclick’s Prabir Purkayastha talk about the possibilities and potential of the 5 candidates for the COVID-19 vaccine.
Prabir Purkayastha talks to Dr. Satyajit Rath on the concerns raised by scientists regarding COVID-19 being airborne. They also talk about why India’s strict lockdown failed to meet it goals
- Israeli tourists attack vigil in Cusco in support of Palestine
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- German authorities’ crackdown on Palestine Conference sparks widespread outrage
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