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Richa Chintan
Patents, Profits and Squabbles for Share in Profit Pie – Pandemic Story of Moderna
05 Mar 2022
Moderna’s filing for patents in South Africa puts a question mark on its intentions on honoring the pledge that it will not enforce patents during the pandemic. Activists fear that this may…
Richa Chintan
Top COVID-19 Vaccine Manufacturers Fail Poor Countries
22 Feb 2022
Pharma giants, like Pfizer, Modern and J&J, have neither contributed to WHO’s COVAX nor provided a significant number of doses to poorer countries.
The Leaflet
Bipolarity is No Disqualification for Appointment of a Judge, Says SC
16 Dec 2021
The Supreme Court last week ordered the immediate appointment of a bipolar man as a judicial officer in Delhi, with appropriate seniority.
Mohd. Imran Khan
Bihar: After Arsenic, Health Concerns Over Uranium Contamination in Groundwater
06 Oct 2021
The study found that the concentrations of arsenic and uranium are highly heterogeneous across Bihar, exceeding the WHO (provisional) guideline values in 16% and 7% of samples, respectively.
Sravasti Dasgupta
After Record Jabs on Sept 17, Daily Vaccination Numbers Fall to Pre-PM’s Birthday Level
21 Sep 2021
If India wishes to achieve its target of inoculating the entire adult population by December, the overall average as it exists now is not enough, say experts.
Newsclick Report
World Health Organisation Releases New Guidelines for Controlling Blood Pressure
28 Aug 2021
The new guidelines released by WHO recommend 130 as upper number threshold for starting medicines for anyone with risk factors or a history of cardiovascular disease, and 140/90 for others
Divya Shree
Abuse of Senior Citizens Worsened During Pandemic
11 Jul 2021
COVID-19 reports have mainly focussed on the risk of infection and mortality rates among the elderly.
Gyan Pathak
Reversing Development Setbacks and Renovating Health Infra Crucial
10 Jul 2021
The pandemic’s global spread had seen unfathomable economic consequences: zero economic development, supply chain network destabilisation, collapsing global demand, supply gluts resulting in price…
Sabrang India
Virologist Shahid Jameel Quits INSACOG; Offers no Reason, But Gov't Pressure Suspected
17 May 2021
The veteran scientist known to have openly criticised the central government for their poor management of the Covid-crisis in India, especially during the second wave of infection, said he had no…
The Leaflet
Plea Seeking Disclosure of Clinical Trials Data for Covid Vaccines Filed in SC; Urges Court to Stop Forcing Citizens to be Vaccinated Without Publication of Relevant Data
14 May 2021
A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Central Government to make public the segregated data of clinical trials for the vaccines that are being administered in India…