The hidden heatwave
A heatwave is like the COVID-19 virus. During the pandemic, the virus infected and killed many people. When vaccines became available, the mortality rate dropped even though the virus continued to spr…
public health
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COVID-19, AMR and India
Maybe it's not a coincidence that India is today the site of the world's largest COVID-19 outbreak and the world's most prominent source of antimicrobial resistant (AMR) pathogens, a.k.a.…
COVID-19, due process and an SNR problem
At a press conference streamed live on March 18, the head of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced that the body – which serves as the European Union’s drug and vaccine regulator – had conclud…
We did start the fire
An 'air purification' ritual by Indian priests in Tokyo is one of the dumbest things I've seen done in a while.…
Why India's rabies problem is especially bad
India bears the world's heaviest rabies burden, according to a new study from the Global Alliance for Rabies Control, accounting for 35% of all deaths due to the disease. Here's why you should…
Curious Bends – expanding nuclear power, the Bombay Blood Group, doubting the tobacco-cancer link & more
1. India's new forest laws are criminalising tribes' once-normal livelihoods "India has forest coverage of 23% and more than 200 million live in and around these forests and depend on th…
Curious Bends – Indian Luddites, an academic career, the great forgetting and more
Curious Bends is a weekly newsletter about science, tech., data and India. Akshat Rathi and I curate it. You can subscribe to it here. If have feedback, suggestions, or would just generally like to ge…