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1 In 50 COVID-19 Tests In India Are Coming Out Positive, Compared With...
Mumbai: About one in every 50 tests conducted for COVID-19 in India as of March 25, 2020, have returned positive. In...
States That Are Testing More Are Detecting More Cases, Data Show
Mumbai: Indian states and union territories that have more testing centres and are testing more samples are reporting...
Govt Says India Has TB Drugs To Last A Year After WHO Warns COVID19 Could Disrupt Supply
Mumbai: The COVID-19 pandemic could disrupt the supply of medicines to tuberculosis (TB) patients, as airlines shut down...
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...
Can You Get COVID19 From Currency Notes? Mixed Evidence, But Do Take Precautions, Experts Say
Mumbai: A recent letter written by the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) to finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman...
Aam Aadmi Mohalla Clinics: What Has Worked, What Hasn’t
Some 60-70 patients, mostly women, children and the eldery, visit the Mohalla Clinic in south Delhi’s Khirki village. ...
How Women’s Collectives In Odisha Villages Are Driving Health Reforms
Monomita Nag, 35, a community resource person, instructing pregnant women on dietary diversity using a ‘tiranga’...