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Dr Chandrakant Lahariya is a general physician, infectious diseases specialist and vaccines expert. He can be reached at c.lahariya@gmail.com
    Chandrakant Lahariya | The Adulteration Of Food Is A Silent Assault On Health, Safety of IndiansColumnists
    Chandrakant Lahariya | The Adulteration Of Food Is A Silent Assault On...

    The health consequences are both immediate and cumulative. The digestive system is typically the first to suffer

    17 Feb 2026 11:27 PM IST

    Chandrakant Lahariya | Antibiotics Must Be Protected To Ensure The Healthy Future Of PlanetColumnists
    Chandrakant Lahariya | Antibiotics Must Be Protected To Ensure The...

    The economic and social consequences of antimicrobial resistance are severe

    18 Jan 2026 10:06 PM IST

    Chandrakant Lahariya | All vaccines have minimal, but rare risks; don’t worry over CovishieldColumnists
    Chandrakant Lahariya | All vaccines have minimal, but rare risks;...

    In February 1998, the prestigious medical journal Lancet published a study linking the MMR (Measles, Mumps and...

    4 May 2024 11:45 PM IST

    People wearing face masks as a precautionary measure after cases of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 were detected in the country, at a hospital in Chikkamagaluru, Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Chandrakant Lahariya | New variant of Covid-19, JN.1, is here, but no...

    Nearly four years since the reporting of the first case of SARS CoV2 -- the virus which causes Covid-19 – it is in...

    26 Dec 2023 11:50 PM IST

    Even before the current surge of respiratory illnesses in China, in much of 2023, there have been many children and adults in India. (AP File Photo/Ahn Young-joon)Opinion
    Chandrakant Lahariya | Flu-like illnesses' outbreak in China no cause...

    The surge in respiratory illnesses in China is once again in the news. Since mid-October 2023, there had been an...

    1 Dec 2023 12:05 AM IST

    A thick blanket of smog covers the India Gate, in New Delhi, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. (PTI Photo/Kamal Singh)Opinion
    Chandrakant Lahariya | Act fast to clean air, or economy will take a...

    For nearly the entire past decade -- every year from early November onwards -- Delhi and much of North India faces a...

    17 Nov 2023 12:05 AM IST

    Chandrakant Lahariya | Nobel Boost: New Malaria Vaccine; TB Vaccine Next?Opinion
    Chandrakant Lahariya | Nobel Boost: New Malaria Vaccine; TB Vaccine...

    The first week of October 2023 was very significant for vaccine development at the global level. First, two scientists...

    6 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST

    Chandrakant Lahariya | Nipah outbreak in Kerala: Why a One Health strategy is vitalOpinion
    Chandrakant Lahariya | Nipah outbreak in Kerala: Why a One Health'...

    There is a fresh outbreak of the Nipah virus disease in Kerala. This is the fourth Nipah virus outbreak since 2018, when...

    15 Sept 2023 12:09 AM IST

    Chandrakant Lahariya | Prepare India for endemic Covid: Surge no big worryOpinion
    Chandrakant Lahariya | Prepare India for endemic Covid: Surge no big...

    There is a fresh spike in Covid-19 infections in India. The Central and state governments in India have conducted a few...

    10 April 2023 12:21 AM IST

    An isolation ward for COVID-19 patients is prepared in view of rising cases of coronavirus in some countries, in Kanpur, Monday, Dec. 26, 2022. (PTI Photo)(Opinion
    Chandrakant Lahariya | In 2023, let’s try to make India a healthier...

    The year 2022 is behind us and so is hopefully Covid-19, which arguably has become endemic in India. Though...

    2 Jan 2023 12:14 AM IST

    A health worker takes a swab sample from a resident to be tested for Covid-19 coronavirus in Jiayuguan, in Chinas northwestern Gansu province on November 24, 2022. (Photo by AFP) / China OUTOpinion
    Chandrakant Lahariya | Lesson from China-'s surge: Don-'t drop guard...

    The surge in China has not changed anything in India and there is no need to change people-related approaches in the...

    23 Dec 2022 9:50 AM IST

    among all childhood vaccines, measles is one of the most effective vaccines and two shots of the measles vaccine to a child reduces the risk of disease that is close to negligible. (Representational Image/AP)Opinion
    Chandrakant Lahariya | Amid surge in measles cases, it’s time to...

    There has been an emergence of measles cases in many states in India. Starting early November 2022, first in Mumbai and...

    9 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

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