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Arun Mitra
Health Authorities Silent as the Medical Community Fights Against Patanjali’s CORONIL
25 Feb 2021
The spread of such bizarre and unscientific ideas stems from a deep-rooted conspiracy to continue the narrative of hyper-nationalism of ancient times by eulogizing something which never existed and…
Suhit K Sen
Another First: Health Minister Pushes Unproven Covid Drug
25 Feb 2021
Harsh Vardhan’s endorsement of unproved medication has repercussions as more people access his utterances and are perhaps influenced by them.
Newsclick Report
COVID-19: Unlikely Virus Leaked from China Lab, Says WHO
10 Feb 2021
A WHO scientist reportedly mentioned that the network of supply chains to the Huanan seafood market in Wuhan is likely to be examined. South-East Asian countries could also be a source of the novel…
Richa Chintan
Economic Survey: Opportunity to Reorient Health Policies Wasted?
31 Jan 2021
It only remains to be seen tomorrow what the Union Budget 2021-22 has to offer, though looking at the Economic Survey, the indications do not appear to be encouraging.
Ditsa Bhattacharya
Economic Survey 2021: Government’s Focus on Free Market for Healthcare?
31 Jan 2021
The Economic Survey acknowledges the poor condition of the public healthcare system – lack of human resources, low budget allocations, deplorable inadequate manpower – but fails to concretely outline…
Surajit Mazumdar
Union Budget 2021-22 and the Issue of the Fiscal ‘Stimulus’
31 Jan 2021
On the back of these two years of deviation from the so-called ‘fiscal prudence’, will the finance minister be willing to change the established habit and really step up the gas on the spending side?
Richa Chintan
The Economic Cost of Non-Vaccination: Why Every Country Stands to Lose
29 Jan 2021
A recent study asserts that the global economy stands to lose if vaccination remains limited to a few countries.
Prabir Purkayastha
IMF and Big Business for Universal Vaccination: Better Red than Dead
29 Jan 2021
The me-first policy on vaccine sharing will bring losses of $203 billion to $5 trillion to rich countries, while the returns are the highest if they support global universal vaccination.
Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay
When an Anti-Science Dispensation Faced Vaccine Hesitancy
23 Jan 2021
‘Coupled with the scepticism on the efficacy of the two vaccines, we are faced with a situation where complacency among people may increase overnight because of the dip in numbers…’
Seema Sharma
Nationwide Sample Survey on Snakebite Cases to Begin in February
19 Jan 2021
Despite having the highest number of snakebite cases in the world, India chooses to neglect the issue, largely due to the fact that the cases involve the economically disadvantaged.