Mortality Rate

Children's Day: COVID-19 showed us glaring holes in the public health system that risk the health of our children

Undernutrition continues to be associated with 50 percent of all under-five deaths and India accounts for third of the world’s stunted children according to the Global Nutrition Report 2018.

Countries must include response to violence against women as an essential service, says WHO's Dr Soumya Swaminathan

COVID-19 in India and USA in infographics: A visual comparison of the situation in both countries

The United States remains the world's worst-affected country, with deaths exceeding 190,000 and cases exceeding 6.3 million. Brazil is in second place in terms of deaths, but India is second in terms of total cases recorded

COVID-19 disrupts healthcare services, could reverse decades of work to reduce child mortality: UN

2019 saw the lowest number of global under-five deaths on record with around 5.2 million children died due to preventable illness as compared with 12.5 million in 1990.

Link between low Vitamin D levels, high COVID-19 infection risk established by Israeli researchers

People in their 20's and 50's were also found to be more at-risk for COVID-19 in the study, due to social gatherings and comorbid conditions.

Coronavirus Outbreak: An inexplicable link between people with Vitamin D deficiency getting infected with COVID-19

Vitamin D supplements over a long period of time can cause calcium build-up and can weaken the bones, damage kidneys and the heart.

Rushing out of coronavirus lockdown is laden with risk; India would do well to study Hokkaido case

On Tuesday, India saw its largest single-day spike in both, the number of fresh coronavirus positive cases (3,875) and deaths (194)

India is looking to step up antibody testing. What does this mean?

Antibody testing is faster than PCR testing - it takes 30 mins as opposed to several hours and also gives an idea of how long ago the person was infected.

Implement 'Work from Home' policy to curb spread of virus infections, advises government to companies

Companies have been strongly advised to put in place an immediate plan to implement the 'Work from Home' policy as a temporary measure till 31 March.

Global warming to cause thousands of deaths in China, mortality rate in women higher

Averaged across the country, hot spells accounted each year for the death of 32 people per million.