Are these India’s ‘forgotten victims’ of COVID?
In a village in Uttar Pradesh as many as 18 people have died in three weeks, but without testing the cause is 'unknown'.
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The out of body girl: My fragmented life with dissociation
It has taken time and practice to integrate my body and my mind, to ask them to live side by side.
Can children get long COVID?
Dr Khan examines the mounting evidence that children are suffering from long COVID months after catching the virus.
These Iranian woman are crushing it in crypto
From teaching to trading to the C-suite, more women are making their mark on Iran’s burgeoning crypto scene.
An Indian abroad: ‘My mind is a graveyard of the living’
Indians in the diaspora 'are hit by currents of grief and guilt as we watch from afar the second wave of COVID-19'.
Why is it so difficult to hold a census in North Macedonia?
How shadows of past tensions between Macedonian majority and ethnic Albanian minority impede population registration.
India COVID crisis: ‘If I don’t work my children will starve’
A family in Kashmir, whose members cannot read, have struggled to understand the implications of testing positive.
Alzheimer’s: Remembering what we’ve forgotten
What happens when we move away from the shadow of Alzheimer's to a world we remember, even if for a moment?
Where will the next COVID hotspots be?
Dr Khan explains how India’s troubles are spreading across the sub-continent, while pregnant women are dying in Brazil.
Muslim women are reviving forgotten tradition of Quran recitation
#FemaleReciters movement aims to revive the sacred practice of female public Quran recitation.
Do woker workplaces await mothers who quit jobs due to pandemic?
Though the US economy is recovering, the pandemic may have cost women years of progress in the workplace.
An Indian doctor during COVID: ‘I fear the worst is yet to come’
An Indian doctor describes a typical day during COVID, including turning away patients because there aren't enough beds.
‘She needs me’: The COVID positive carers on India’s front line
Care workers - often women who are underpaid and unrecognised - are on the front lines tending to the sick.
The Colombian exiles seeking refuge in Spain
There are 400,000 Colombians living in exile, many have fled threats to their lives. Here are some of their stories.
India COVID crisis: ‘The hospital ran out of oxygen and mum died’
A son whose mother and father were hospitalised with COVID in Kashmir relives his mother's last harrowing days.
India COVID crisis: ‘We tried 15 hospitals before my mother died’
Despite having money to pay for treatment, one family struggled to find a hospital bed for their 61-year-old mother.
India’s COVID crisis: ‘I begged for help. My father still died’
Unable to find a hospital bed for his father, Ashish Shrivastav watched helplessly as his father struggled to breathe.
A Delhi family’s COVID nightmare: ‘We’re rationing dad’s oxygen’
With only one oxygen cylinder and no way to afford another, the family of a cancer patient with COVID face hard choices.
Rich or poor, in Zimbabwe crumbling healthcare is deadly for all
Unable to fly out under lockdown, Zimbabwe’s wealthy must take their chances in local hospitals alongside everyone else.
Could Ukraine’s nuclear industry face another Chernobyl?
Thirty-five years after disaster the industry faces claims of corruption, safety issues and politicised decision-making.