Health Check - Page 15

India's Disadvantaged Lack Nutrition, Except We Don't Know How Much
Bengaluru and Delhi: India's national nutrition-specific programmes reach various social groups nearly equally, data...
COVID-19: Insurers Are Denying Policies To Disabled Despite Govt Strictures
New Delhi: Abishek Muthian, a startup coach from Coimbatore, runs a blog on which he has uploaded many hours of phone...

Do We Really Know Why COVID-19 Spikes In Some Places?
Chennai: About 10 months, nine million cases and over 130,000 deaths later, India does not yet know enough about why the...

'Patent Battles Could Choke COVID-19 Drugs Pipeline'
New Delhi: India and South Africa are currently leading a call at the World Trade Organization (WTO) for intellectual...

'COVID Got Global Attention Because It Affected Rich Countries'
New Delhi: India, with 2.4 million tuberculosis (TB) cases in 2019, has the most cases (27%) in the world. With...

'Virus Particles Piggyback On PM 2.5 Leading To Deadly Cocktail'
Mumbai: The record high number of new COVID-19 cases being reported in Delhi is a "direct effect of air pollution", says...

Transparency Critical In COVID-19 Vaccine Trials: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Mumbai: Administering a vaccine to all Indians for COVID-19 when it becomes available is a “complex ask”, and needs...

Can West Bengal Avoid A COVID-19 Surge During Durga Puja?
Kolkata: As Durga Puja festivities begin, experts warn that the West Bengal government’s guidelines to control the...
