India now has 173,763 confirmed coronavirus cases and 4,980 deaths, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Its number of new cases continues to rise every day, which makes it a cause for concern for many public health experts. It’s also planning to emerge from lockdown pretty soon – a move experts fear will come at the worst possible time. Slowing, … Continue reading After enforcing the world’s most severe lockdown, is India ready to come out of it?
Waves of migrant workers returning to their home villages in India trigger concerns over second wave of small, localized outbreaks
Over 10 million people in India will migrate back to their hometowns as the world’s largest coronavirus lockdown starts scaling back. This may be one of the world’s largest migration events in this century, and many experts are concerned that it will trigger a new wave of coronavirus cases in India’s poorest and least prepared areas. At … Continue reading Waves of migrant workers returning to their home villages in India trigger concerns over second wave of small, localized outbreaks
Air quality in India is IMPROVING after nationwide lockdown
The coronavirus pandemic has have one unexpected effect in the Indian subcontinent — clean air. This development came as a result of the recently-enacted 21-day lockdown enforced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a way to curb the steadily-rising number of coronavirus infections in the South Asian nation. “It is true that pollution levels are going down … Continue reading Air quality in India is IMPROVING after nationwide lockdown
India’s coronavirus lockdown devolves into a catastrophe
Hundreds of thousands of migrant laborers in India have started on long, grueling journeys on foot to get home after being rendered essentially jobless and homeless due to the nationwide lockdown ordered by the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a bid to quell the spread of the coronavirus. Just last week, India’s prime minister ordered all 1.3 billion … Continue reading India’s coronavirus lockdown devolves into a catastrophe
South Asia grapples with the coronavirus outbreak: India cracks down and Pakistan leaves patients in appalling conditions
Life in the normally bustling and overcrowded cities in India have simmered down dramatically as the second-most populous country in the world scrambles to handle the growing coronavirus outbreak within its borders. Rather than roaming about the streets, many people opted to stay home, slowing down traffic and reducing the size and scale of many gatherings throughout … Continue reading South Asia grapples with the coronavirus outbreak: India cracks down and Pakistan leaves patients in appalling conditions
India says COW URINE could cure coronavirus… the hard part is gulping it without getting kicked
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently announced a highly unusual alleged cure for the Wuhan coronavirus (CoVid-19) that definitely falls into the so-called “alternative” medicine category: cow urine. The Hindu Mahasabha, a century-old group that promotes a system of Hindu nationalism known as Hindutva, or “Hinduness,” has officially declared, with Modi’s blessing, that “consuming cow urine and cow … Continue reading India says COW URINE could cure coronavirus… the hard part is gulping it without getting kicked
Pharmaceutical manufacturers contributing to the development and spread of dangerous, multidrug-resistant pathogens
Though antibiotic-resistant “superbugs” are becoming a significant public health threat, most Americans are clueless about the superbug problem and its deadly consequences. As bacteria mutate to outsmart and resist antibiotic drugs, some 700,000 people around the world die from an untreatable bacterial infection each year. Recently, public health officials from Nevada reported on the case of … Continue reading Pharmaceutical manufacturers contributing to the development and spread of dangerous, multidrug-resistant pathogens
Dr. Eddy Bettermann MD 