public health

Silica dust from India’s industries is killing its workers
Health / Reportage
Silica dust from India’s industries is killing its workers
Akhilesh Pandey
The impact of plastic pollution on Mumbai’s fisherwomen
Communities / The Lede
The impact of plastic pollution on Mumbai’s fisherwomen
Dimple Behal
Health / Reportage Eastern Uttar Pradesh’s arsenic crisis Akhilesh Pandey
Health / Reportage How the Modi government’s failure to act led to India’s COVID-19 catastrophe Chahat Rana
Health / News Modi’s liberalised vaccination policy is a mistake that other countries avoided Nayantara Narayanan, Chahat Rana
Health / News Residents of Bihar’s Chausa village say bodies floating in Ganga were dumped there itself Umesh Kumar Ray
Sports / Commentary The IPL must end immediately—its continuance amid India’s COVID crisis is grotesque Vaibhav Vats
Health / News India’s COVID-19 taskforce did not meet in February, March despite surge, say members Vidya Krishnan
Health / Commentary The Modi government’s woeful record of suppressing information on COVID-19 Nayantara Narayanan
Health / Commentary Dengue poses a significant threat in India during the COVID-19 epidemic Siddharth Agarwal, Kabir Agarwal
Sexuality / Reportage Chemsex and the failure of new HIV prevention strategies in India Cornelis Rijneveld
Health / Commentary How India exploits health workers Karuna Dietrich Wielenga
Policy / Commentary India’s pandemic response needed Ambedkar’s vision of social security and public health Jadumani Mahanand
Health / News Lack of oversight leaves COVID-19 patients scrambling for plasma Menaka Rao
Health / Reportage What Tuberculosis can teach India about COVID-19 Vidya Krishnan
Health / News The Bihar government failed at nearly every level to prepare for the annual AES epidemic Saurav Kumar
Government / Commentary How the union government is undermining states’ fight against COVID-19 Nilakantan RS
Health / News COVID-19: In Mumbai, hospitals turn away patients; real-time tracking of beds ineffective Anto T Joseph
Health / News Struggles of refugees are invisible in this pandemic: Roshni Shanker, former UNHCR lawyer Aathira Konikkara
Health / News The chaos of Shramik trains repeats the poor planning that marked India’s pandemic response Akhilesh Pandey
Health / News Members of PM’s COVID-19 task force say lockdown failed due to unscientific implementation Vidya Krishnan, Aathira Konikkara
Health / News Epidemiologists say India’s centre for disease control withheld COVID-19 data since pandemic began Vidya Krishnan
Health / News Amid lockdown, TB patients struggle for diagnosis, treatment; experts predict rise in mortality Menaka Rao
Health / Commentary History suggests deprivation will be an ally to COVID-19, and both must be stopped Nikhil Eapen
Health / News Madhya Pradesh’s COVID crisis: no health minister; police and health officials test positive Vidya Krishnan
Health / News Chhattisgarh reports likely community-transmission case of COVID; centre maintains denial Vidya Krishnan
Health / News India’s shift to insurance-led private healthcare weakens its ability to combat COVID-19: Experts Tushar Dhara
Health / News India’s under-supported force of healthcare professionals is crumbling under the pressure of COVID-19 Lewis Page
Health / News How the Kerala government is shaping and implementing its COVID-19 response Nileena MS
Health / News Bihar’s junior doctors forced to continue treating COVID-19 patients despite showing symptoms Umesh Kumar Ray
Health / Interview The government is only playing catch-up with COVID-19: Dr V Ramana Dhara Lewis Page
Health / News Manufacturers of COVID testing kits, protective gear struggle with transportation after lockdown Vidya Krishnan