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Homebound review – emotionally rich study of friends in rural India trying to get home in the pandemic
Neeraj Ghaywan’s film benefits from excellent lead performances, strong cinematography and an apparent mentors…
- Biology, Delhi, Global development, Global health, Health, India, Infectious diseases, Medical research, Microbiology, Science, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
‘Our new doctors have no clue about leprosy’: experts sceptical of India’s target to eliminate the disease by 2027
After huge gains by 2005, efforts to wipe the disease out in India, which has most of the world’s cases, stall…
- Asia Pacific, Biology, Censorship, China, Coronavirus, Infectious diseases, Medical research, Microbiology, Science, World news
First scientist to publish Covid sequence in China protests over lab ‘eviction’
Zhang Yongzhen stages sit-in protest, as government attempts to avoid scrutiny over handling of outbreakThe fi…
- Asia Pacific, China, Coronavirus, Infectious diseases, Medical research, Microbiology, Science, World news
‘Being truthful is essential’: scientist who stumbled upon Wuhan Covid data speaks out
Florence Débarre’s discovery of genetic data online showed for first time that animals susceptible to coronavi…
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Bheed review – lockdown thriller cuts across India’s class conflict
A tense, state-of-the-nation drama set in Covid-era India successfully exposes how the caste system underpins …
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Newly released Chinese Covid data points to infected animals in Wuhan
Previously unseen genomic samples suggest animals at Huanan market were potential sourceNewly released data fr…
- Global development, Global health, India, Infectious diseases, Microbiology, Science, South and Central Asia, World news
Virus outbreak in West Bengal leaves 19 children dead and thousands in hospital
Indian state in crisis after adenovirus hits 12,000 people this year and families with sick children camp outs…
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How seriously should we take the US DoE’s Covid lab leak theory?
Department of Energy’s updated report on origins of coronavirus pandemic jars with most scientists’ assessment…
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China rushes to boost intensive care beds, doctors and stocks of medicine as Covid surges
State media reports on increased efforts to boost health infrastructure, staffing and suppliesChinese authorit…
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Thai researchers test wastewater to track spread of monkeypox
Monitoring sewage thought to be a quicker, more cost-effective way to understand the spread of the virusResear…
- China, Coronavirus, Infectious diseases, Long Covid, Medical research, Microbiology, Science, World news
Half of Covid-hospitalised still symptomatic two years on, study finds
Research on Wuhan patients reveals effects of long Covid, with 11% still not having returned to workMore than …
- Coronavirus, Health, India, Infectious diseases, Microbiology, Science, Society, South and Central Asia, World Health Organization, World news
Covid-19: India accused of trying to delay WHO revision of death toll
According to WHO analysis, figure for country is more than 4 million and not official tally of 520,000India ha…
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Shanghai rules out full lockdown despite sharp rise in Covid cases
Concern about economy leads city to try targeted approach with rolling restrictions of individual neighbourhoo…
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China shuts down city of 17.5m people in bid to halt Covid outbreak
Authorities adopt a zero tolerance policy in Shenzhen, imposing a lockdown and testing every resident three ti…
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Hamsters can transmit Covid to humans, data suggests
Research confirms a pet shop was the likely source of the recent Delta variant outbreak in Hong KongCoronaviru…