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Rains have washed away the top layer of sand of shallow graves at a cremation ground on the banks of the Ganges River in Shringverpur, northwest of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Coronavirus testing is limited in parts of rural India, but some of the pe

In Rural India, Less COVID-19 Testing, More Fear — And A Few Ventilators For Millions

11:56am May 22, 2021

Hospitals are full. Testing is scant. Illiteracy is high. Most deaths are never registered. COVID-19's wrath in rural India is difficult to measure but public health experts are worried.

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Dr. Noor Dhaliwal, 23, recently finished medical school and last month began interning at Lok Nayak Hospital in New Delhi.

New Doctors In India Are Starting Off Seeing The Worst. It's Taking A Toll

8:14am May 21, 2021

by Jeevika Verma

In India, a generation of new doctors enters the field at a time of crisis. One new doctor in New Delhi is haunted by a woman who begged for a hospital bed — but they were all full.

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Richa Srivastava (rear left) with her husband, Shalabh Pradhan (rear right), and their two fathers, Sudheer Kumar Pradhan (front left) and Sheo Prakash Srivastava (front right), in an undated family photo. The two family patriarchs died within three days

They Returned To India To Be Near Their Fathers, But Lost Them Both To COVID-19

5:58pm May 19, 2021

by Lauren Frayer

After seven years in the U.S., a husband and wife returned to their native India to spend more time with their aging parents. But their time together was shorter than they'd hoped.

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Priyali Sur, 29 weeks pregnant, at home in Delhi on April 30.

She Was Pregnant. She Was Sick. And In India, She Had Nowhere To Go

8:14pm May 18, 2021

by Priyali Sur

A pregnant journalist investigates and finds many pregnant, COVID-positive women can't access life-saving healthcare during the country's deadly second wave.

A police officer helps a public transport driver cross a flooded street caused by heavy rain from Cyclone Tauktae in Mumbai.

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Cyclone Hits India On Deadliest Day Of Pandemic

10:35am May 18, 2021

by Lauren Frayer

At least 16 people have been killed by Cyclone Tauktae, the most powerful storm to hit India's west coast in decades. Among those evacuated to higher ground were COVID-19 patients.

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Cyclists cycle past the main entrance of the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, India, a venue where cricket matches were taking place during the 2021 Indian Premier League — until it was suspended.

India's Major Cricket Tournament Got Suspended. Should It Have Even Happened?

1:52pm May 17, 2021

by Sushmita Pathak

The Indian Premier League was suspended in May, but critics weigh in on whether the event should have been held at all amid the country's deadly COVID crisis.

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A light micrograph of a mature sporangium of a mucor fungus. India is seeing a rise in cases of mucormycosis, a rare but dangerous fungal infection.

What Is 'Black Fungus'? And Why Is It Spreading Among India's COVID Patients?

1:23pm May 13, 2021

by Kamala Thiagarajan

Doctors say India's battle with COVID-19 has led to an unprecedented rise in mucormycosis, a rare but dangerous fungal infection that preys on people with weakened immune systems.

In New Delhi on Monday, family members cremate the body of a person who died after contracting COVID-19.

'This Government Has Failed Us': Anger Rises In India Over PM Modi's COVID Response

8:12pm May 11, 2021

by Lauren Frayer

India's health system is collapsing as daily coronavirus cases surge. Will the COVID-19 crisis check the power of the country's most popular leader in decades?

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The numerals in the illustration show the main mutation sites of the B.1.1.7 variant first detected in the U.K., which is more transmissible than other variants. Here, the virus's spike protein (red) is bound to a human cell (blue).

Is The Variant From India The Most Contagious Coronavirus Mutant On The Planet?

7:50pm May 07, 2021

by Michaeleen Doucleff

Scientists are trying to determine if the coronavirus variant in India could be the most transmissible variant known.

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VIDEO: An Easy Way To Understand Coronavirus Variants — Using Puzzle Pieces

12:43pm May 06, 2021

by Michaeleen Doucleff

If you imagine viruses as pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, that can help explain what happens when a coronavirus variant comes into contact with human cells.