Health Check - Page 5
DataViz: As Many Children Die Before Their Fifth Birthday In Uttar...
Noida: Nearly 60 of every 1,000 children born in Uttar Pradesh die before their fifth birthday, almost as many as in...
The Omicron Surge In Numbers: Reproduction Number Up, Doubling Time Down
Kolkata and Mumbai: For the first time in seven months, India recorded over 100,000 cases on January 6, 2022. As several...
With Only Half the Population Fully Vaccinated, India Prepares For Booster Doses
Noida: A booster dose of a Covid-19 vaccine could help protect the elderly and the vulnerable from the highly...
Omicron: Why A Potential Surge Might Need Hybrid Testing
Hyderabad, Mumbai and Mohali: To quickly detect Covid-19 positive cases and slow the virus' spread in case of a possible...
As Omicron Looms, Large Swathes Of India Are Still Unvaccinated
Benaulim, Goa and Noida, Uttar Pradesh: Ever since South Africa announced on November 25, 2021 that it had detected the...
'Omicron Won't Be Much More Dangerous Than Other Circulating Covid-19 Variants'
The first few cases of the Omicron Covid-19 variant have, inevitably, been found in India. Why is there so much worry...
1 Billion Vaccine Doses, But Women, Tribals Lag
Benaulim, Goa and Noida, Uttar Pradesh: India has administered 1.07 billion doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, but an...
How Civil Society Helped Shivpuri Migrants Fight Hesitancy, Get Vaccinated
New Delhi: In May 2021, Rakesh Deo, a migrant worker living in Pochanpur village in south-west Delhi, paid Rs 350 to his...
