COVID-19 was officially declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 3, 2020. Since then, effective measures have been taken by all government and private bodies to improve the effects of this pandemic. Beyond the health repercussions, this pandemic has presented major disruptions for businesses. It has caused interruptions in trading, devastated…
Only new forms of human compassion and solidarity can help overcome the lethal and formidably grim challenge posed since the covid 19 pandemic. Even amidst the disease and death caused by the pandemic, theoretical discourse rages, on the one hand on the intensification of the state of exception in combating COVID-19 and, on the other,…
On 5th of January 2020 outbreak of virus was reported in Wuhan by WHO, and on 12th of January China publicly revealed the genetic sequence of COVID-19. On 13th of January first case of Covid-19 was reported outside China, in Thailand. It didn’t take much time for virus to arrive in India. On 30th January…
Health in status quo has become the focus of the international community. The Covid19 pandemic has highlighted the necessity for an improved International legal structure to safeguard the right to health. The havoc created by the virus is alarming. The right to health lies within the broad umbrella of human rights, making it a very…
People were running out of beds in hospitals just a few months ago, and now they’re running out of rooms in hill stations. With all of this irresponsibility on the part of our people, the third wave of Covid-19 infection in our country is unavoidable. There will, of course, be a third Covid 19 wave.…
Human stem cell (HSC) research also raises sharp ethical and political controversies. The derivation of pluripotent stem cell lines from acolytes and embryos is fraught with disputes regarding the onset of human personhood and human reproduction. Several other methods of deriving stem cells raise fewer ethical concerns. The reprogramming of somatic cells to produce induced…
The Spanish Flu did not originate in Spain, though news coverage of it did. During World War I, Spain was a neutral country with a free media that covered the outbreak from the start, first reporting on it in Madrid in late May of 1918. Meanwhile, Allied countries and the Central Powers had wartime censors…
Euthanasia is the practice of ending a life in a manner that relieves pain and suffering. Euthanasia is classified into three types- voluntary, non-voluntary and involuntary. As the meaning states, when euthanasia is conducted with the consent of the patient, it is termed voluntary euthanasia. Similarly, when it is conducted against the will of the patient,…
Plant-based vaccines eliminate the need for bioreactors because they themselves are the bioreactors. Plants can be grown in climate-controlled, pharmaceutical-grade greenhouses that keep out bugs and pests but do not require sterile conditions. In Medicago’s greenhouse in Raleigh, North Carolina, two mechanical arms pick up a steel tray of 126 juvenile Nicotiana Bentham plants, a…
There has been a significant rise in the incidence of fungal infections in India in recent years, particularly among individuals who have just recovered from the COVID-19 virus. Following the outbreaks of black fungus and white fungus infections, instances of yellow fungus infection are now being recorded across the nation. Doctors have cautioned that yellow…
