-The Hindu Lockdowns alone can’t be effective unless combined with other health measures, says the WHO Chief Scientist. Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist at the World Health Organisation, tells The Hindu in an interview that the fight against COVID-19 is likely to be long-term, and lockdowns alone cannot be effective unless combined with other public health measures. Dr. Swaminathan, who has worked in research on tuberculosis and HIV for 30 years, was...

-TEDMED Foundation/ The Telegraph ‘Virus hunter’ Peter Piot on the way forward with SARS-CoV2 Boston: Director of London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Peter Piot answers 100 questions on The Virus with Director, TEDMED Foundation 1. TEDMED: Let’s start with the basics. What is a virus? A virus is a very tiny particle of RNA or DNA genetic code protected by an outer protein wrapper. 2. How common are viruses? Viruses are everywhere. It’s amazing...

-The Hindu Chennai: A few days after the news broke of a “functional cure” in a HIV-positive Mississippian baby aged two-and-a-half, many questions have been raised whether the baby was indeed infected with HIV. “There are many instances where the mother’s HIV particles (HIV RNA) can be present in the newborn’s blood,” Dr. N. Kumarasamy told this correspondent from Atlanta, U.S. Dr. Kumarasamy is the Chief Medical Officer at YRGCARE, Chennai, and is...