Health

Desperate patients were seen making this journey, even as headlines screamed that the second wave had spread from big cities to smaller towns and villages.

Most doctors have used various drugs and therapies on COVID patients at one point or the other, but feel that each actually has a limited role to play.

Why was the second dose of Covishield pushed back to 12 weeks? And why are so many fully vaccinated people still getting infected? We ask health researcher Dr Anant Bhan.

Over the past year numerous messages have gone viral on social media, preaching unfounded, imaginative home-remedies for protection against the coronavirus. It’s important to call these out.

The only way the present crisis can be mitigated is by re-designating existing facilities and changing the ‘work as usual’ mindset. We need to think out of the box.

With India recording such a surge in the number of COVID cases, stronger infrastructural facilities and triaging at the community level has become very important.

What should a policyholder do soon after testing positive? How to go about health insurance claims? Can you claim home care? All your questions answered here.

With the opening up of vaccines for all above 18, there is considerable confusion on several fronts. We try to answer some of the most common questions being raised.

Emergency use approval of Russia’s Sputnik V can help increase much-needed vaccine coverage in the country, but more is needed to beat the raging second wave.

We need to unequivocally defer any and all non-essential activities right now; else, we are staring in the face at national distress.

“The doctor told us even if they wanted to give me the jab without the certificate, they couldn’t, because they had no vaccine,” writes a Delhi-based senior journalist.

A year on, COVID-19 cases are showing an alarming spike across cities. What do the numbers say? How are cities coping? Will vaccines check the spread, or is another lockdown inevitable?