COVID-19 crisis: Nature India examines the pandemic

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  Indian scientists wage frontline battle against coronavirus

  Finding rapid solutions to protect a dense population will be crucial.

  • Vanita Srivastava

  News Feature31 Mar 2020 Nature India
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  When ready, a coronavirus vaccine must reach all

  More than 115 vaccines are under development to bring the novel coronavirus pandemic to a halt. It is time to spruce up a global supply mechanism to ensure everyone gets the vaccine, say Arun Kumar* and Tung Thanh Le*.

  Comment1 May 2020 Nature India
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  The race for coronavirus vaccines: a graphical guide

  Eight ways in which scientists hope to provide immunity to SARS-CoV-2 .

  • Ewen Callaway

  News Feature28 Apr 2020 Nature
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  Massive coronavirus sequencing efforts urgently need patient data

  Unless each sequence of the virus in the global open repositories comes with additional patient information, the practical benefits of such record sequencing are lost.

  • Subhra Priyadarshini

  News29 Apr 2020 Nature India
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  A tug of war in the immune system

  Developing an understanding of the root of SARS-CoV-2 is proving complicated, despite its urgency.

  • Lakshmy Ramakrishnan

  Comment3 Jul 2020 Nature India
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  Produce more coarse grains to meet pandemic nutrition challenge

  India will provide free food grains to more than 800 million poor people during the COVID-19 lockdown. However, nutrition security is more important than food security in the coronavirus crisis, experts say.

  • Sandip Das

  News14 Apr 2020 Nature India
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  Let's care for our elderly during the coronavirus pandemic

  As COVID-19 cases continue to soar around the world, the physical and psycho-social health of our senior citizens warrants urgent attention, now more than ever before, says geriatric psychiatrist Debanjan Banerjee.

  Comment10 Apr 2020 Nature India
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  Caring for cancer and chronic diseases during a pandemic

  • Biplab Das

  News22 Apr 2020 Nature India
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  Corona-free: Pandemic-proof packaging of the future

  • Kowthamraj V Sangappillai

  Comment30 Apr 2020 Nature India
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  Time to bring scientific rigour to the complex challenge of Ayurvedic medicine

  Jitendra Kumar* and Pradip Sinha** take a look at traditional approaches in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Comment1 Jul 2020 Nature India
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  Tackling a tsunami of misinformation and myths

  From the belief that drinking tea will protect against COVID-19, to confusion with tragic outcomes, such as poisonings, misunderstanding and hoaxes are common in this time of uncertainty.

  • Sandhya P Koushika

  Comment2 Jul 2020 Nature India
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  How religion can aid public health messaging during a pandemic

  Religious leaders have distinctive networks that can help disseminate important messages in the COVID-19 crisis, write Sima Barmania* and Michael J. Reiss**.

  Comment20 May 2020 Nature India
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  From lockdown in the Arctic to home quarantine

  Polar scientist Vishnu Nandan has just returned home in Canada from a four-month darkness-engulfed lockdown in the Arctic. In an interview to Nature India, he talks about coming back into a world fighting a pandemic.

  • Vanita Srivastava

  Career Feature19 Apr 2020 Nature India
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  Let COVID-19 expand awareness of disability tech

  The pandemic’s disruption shows how much academia could learn from the disability community.

  • Ashley Shew

  World View5 May 2020 Nature