Health - Page 24
‘Physical Distancing Works By Buying Time To Ramp Up Testing & Bolster...
Mumbai: One of the first peer-reviewed studies on the impact of physical distancing on the spread of COVID-19 has used...
In Vrindavan, A Home for Widows Prepares To Protect Its Elderly From COVID-19
Mathura: When Usha Dasi, 72, found out about the coronavirus outbreak in the second week of March 2020, she stopped...
Malaria Season Looms As India Struggles To Contain COVID-19
New Delhi: As India grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic, the yearly malaria crisis is looming and must get due...
COVID-19 Lockdown Causing Further Shortage At Blood Banks
Mumbai: “I have been on the phone talking to people for the last two days. I have barely gotten any sleep or had a...
Bihar’s Migrants Return To Face Stigma, Under-Prepared Medical Facilities
Lakhisarai (Bihar) and Bengaluru: On March 24, 2020, Ramgarh police station received a phone call from the village of...
How Kerala’s Immigration Hotspot Reined In COVID-19 Spread
Pathanamthitta: On March 11, 2020, Pathanamthitta, a migration hotspot in southeastern Kerala, became the district with...
COVID19-Like Animal-To-Human Diseases Set To Grow, Say Experts. Here’s What Can Be Done About It
Bengaluru/New Delhi: As destruction of habitat and biodiversity loss expose humans to more zoonotic diseases that spread...
Explainer: What Happens During A COVID-19 Test
Mumbai: A test for COVID19 uses a ‘reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction’ (RT-PCR). The RNA in the sample is...
