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COVID-19 Cases: Data and Graphs of India and the World
06 Jul 2020
Statistics and tracking the number of coronavirus confirmed cases, recovered patients, tests, and deaths due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. New cases, deaths, and number of tests per million…
Newsclick Team
Book Release: Political Journeys in Health Essays By and For Amit Sengupta
05 Jul 2020
The essays in this book trace Sengupta's work and politics that were integral to the history of the health movement, and how this movement evolved from ‘Medicines for All’ to ‘Health for All’.
Newsclick Team
'Modi Govt and Allies Are Promoting Unscientific Ways to Fight COVID-19’
04 Jul 2020
The lack of scientific approach by the Modi-led BJP government has worsened the COVID-19 crisis.
Shivkrit Rai
Analysing Supreme Court’s Attempt To Safeguard Right To Health
03 Jul 2020
The burgeoning stress of COVID-19 has brought to fore glaring inadequacies in India’s healthcare system. To address this the Supreme Court took suo moto cognizance of media reports on patient…
Prabhat Patnaik
Why India’s Healthcare System is Among the Worst in the World
03 Jul 2020
India’s just over 1% public health expenditure as a percentage of GDP is even lower than that of our poorer neighbouring countries, such as Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Nepal.
The Associated Press
Swiss Pharma Major Novartis Pays $678m to Settle Suit on Sham Doctor Outings
02 Jul 2020
The company admitted giving doctors cash, golf and fishing trips, and lavish meals at fanciest restaurants to induce them to prescribe Novartis cardiovascular and diabetes drugs that were reimbursed…
Peoples Dispatch
Chileans Demand Protection for Mine Workers in the Face of COVID-19
02 Jul 2020
In Chile, more than 2,500 mine workers are infected with coronavirus and 3 have recently died from the disease.
Vijay Prashad, Eduardo Viloria Daboín, Ana Maldonado, Zoe PC
Venezuela’s Borderlands Have Been Assaulted by COVID-19
02 Jul 2020
Over 70,000 Venezuelan migrants have returned to the country due to the uncontrolled coronavirus outbreaks in the neighboring countries. Venezuela has welcomed them and provided free testing and…
Sandipan Talukdar
COVID-19 and Some of the Significant Research Findings
30 Jun 2020
Some patients have developed diabetes post COVID-19 and some have shown high blood sugar levels and ketones.
PTI
2 Employees Killed After Benzene Gas Leak at Pharma Plant in Vizag
30 Jun 2020
The incident occurred in Sainor Life Sciences unit at Pharma City. This is the second such incident in Andhra Pradesh in two months.