A legal dispute between private companies has left ICMR without...
On April 24, 2020, the Delhi High Court ordered that antibody kits from Chinese company Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech Co. Ltd...
Doubts Over Antibody Testing Could Weaken India’s COVID-19 Strategy
New Delhi: States across India are either increasingly sceptical about antibody testing for COVID-19 or are reluctant to...
PM CARES Received At Least $1.27 Bn In Donations--Enough To Fund Over 21.5 Mn COVID-19 Tests
New Delhi, Mumbai: At least Rs 9,677.9 crore ($1.27 billion) has been collected in the Prime Minister’s Citizen...
India Goes Against Emerging Science To Recommend HCQ For COVID-19 Prevention
Update (June 5, 2020): The Lancet has retracted the paper that had said that hydroxychloroquine is harmful and not...
From Treatment To Medical Gear, Patients Paying More In COVID Times
New Delhi: Chandni B lives in Bengaluru but her elderly aunt and uncle live by themselves in Mumbai. When Chandni’s...
PPE Priced High In Private Hospitals, While Public Hospitals Face Shortage
New Delhi: Saima Furqan’s 60-year-old uncle was admitted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi with COVID-19 in April 2020....
COVID-19: Hundreds Of Clinical Trials Under Way In India, Many Lack Rigour, Say Experts
New Delhi: Jammi Nagaraj Rao, a UK-based public health physician and epidemiologist, has scanned through approximately...
‘Punjab’s Dominant Asymptomatic Transmission Shows The Need To Shift COVID-19 Testing Strategy’
Delhi: Punjab’s surging COVID-19 cases and high mortality rate has prompted the Union health ministry to deploy central...